Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to Teachers -- Introduction: Chinese Political Culture Revisited -- Part One: General Frameworks -- 1 Imagining the Ancien Régime in the Deng Era --…
"This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo. As suc…
Now in a revised and updated edition with added original chapters, this acclaimed book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex links between revolutionary struggles and human rights. Covering events as far removed from one another as the English Civil War, the P…