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008			120104s2012 coua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781588268440 (alk. paper)
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050	1	4	_a408 DS 706 _bU55 2012
082	0	0	_a951
245	0	0	_aUnderstanding contemporary China / _cedited by Robert E. Gamer.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aBoulder, Colo. : _bLynne Rienner Publishers, _c2012.
300			_axvi, 499 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aUnderstanding: introductions to the states and regions of the contemporary world
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction / Robert E. Gamer -- China: a geographic preface / Stanley W. Toops -- The historical context / Rhoads Murphey -- Chinese politics / Robert E. Gamer -- China's economy / Sarah Y. Tong and John Wong -- China beyond the heartland / Robert E. Gamer -- International relations / Robert E. Gamer -- Population growth and urbanization / Ma Rong -- China's environmental problems / Richard Louis Edmonds -- Family, kinship, marriage, and sexuality / Zang Xiaowei -- Women and development / Laurel Bossen -- Religion / Chan Hoiman and Ambrose Y.C. King -- Literature and popular culture / Charles A. Laughlin -- Trends and prospects / Robert E. Gamer.
650		4	_aChina _xHistoria.
651		0	_aChina.
700	1		_aGamer, Robert E., _d1938-
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