China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition

China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition by Goldman, Merle. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780674018280.

John King Fairbank was the Wests doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.