All Things China

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The purpose of this list is to compile the best books (non-fiction or fiction) about Chinese history, culture, politics, society, etc.
1
The Concubine's Children
por Denise Chong
490 membros
17 críticas
3.8
Member
dara85
2
The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
por Kenneth Pomeranz
406 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
pomonomo2003
3
China's Political System: Modernization and Tradition (5th Edition)
por June Teufel Dreyer
42 membros
½ 3.6
Member
Bretzky1
4
Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century
por Giovanni Arrighi
167 membros
4 críticas
½ 4.3
Member
pomonomo2003
5
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
por Victoria Tin-bor Hui
27 membros
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
6
ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age
por Andre Gunder Frank
193 membros
3 críticas
4
Member
pomonomo2003
7
China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition
por Joseph Fewsmith
44 membros
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
8
China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia
por Peter C. Perdue
129 membros
6 críticas
4.1
Member
pomonomo2003
10
East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World
por Warren I. Cohen
57 membros
½ 3.7
Member
pomonomo2003
11
The spirit soldiers; a historical narrative of the Boxer Rebellion
por Richard O'Connor
19 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.3
Member
Bretzky1
12
Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
por Nicola Di Cosmo
95 membros
2 críticas
4.1
Member
pomonomo2003
13
The Sextants of Beijing: Global Currents in Chinese History
por Joanna Waley-Cohen
123 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.3
Member
pomonomo2003
14
Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350
por Janet L. Abu-Lughod
389 membros
3 críticas
3.9
Member
pomonomo2003
15
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
por Jung Chang
8,360 membros
160 críticas
4.1
16
Mao: The Unknown Story
por Jung Chang
2,843 membros
53 críticas
½ 3.7
17
Life and Death in Shanghai
por Nien Cheng
1,484 membros
20 críticas
4.2
18
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
por Jung Chang
887 membros
35 críticas
4
19
The private life of chairman Mao
por Li Zhi-Sui
622 membros
9 críticas
3.9
20
A History of Chinese Civilization
por Jacques Gernet
515 membros
6 críticas
½ 3.7
21
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
por Fung Yu-lan
382 membros
½ 3.7
22
The Tiananmen Papers
por Liang Zhang
260 membros
2 críticas
3.8
23
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
por Jung Chang
246 membros
7 críticas
3.9
24
Cultural Atlas of China
por Caroline Blunden
213 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.6
25
The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth
por Sun Shuyun
211 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.5
26
Mao's Last Revolution
por Roderick MacFarquhar
201 membros
5 críticas
3.8
27
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai
por Ruiyan Xu
196 membros
34 críticas
3
28
Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's Peasants
por Chen Guidi
166 membros
3 críticas
½ 3.4
29
The Forbidden City
por Roderick MacFarquhar
157 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.7
30
The White-Boned Demon: A Biography of Madame Mao Zedong
por Ross Terrill
148 membros
2 críticas
3.8
31
A short history of the Chinese people
por L. Carrington Goodrich
116 membros
½ 2.3
32
The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China
por Mark Elvin
108 membros
1 crítica
½ 4.6
33
Mao: A Biography
por Ross Terrill
107 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.6
34
The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth
por Barry J. Naughton
101 membros
3.8
35
China Goes Global: The Partial Power
por David Shambaugh
92 membros
3
36
The Pattern of the Chinese Past
por Mark Elvin
88 membros
3 críticas
4
37
The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means For The United States
por Ross Terrill
85 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.5
38
The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics
por Margaret Medley
78 membros
4
39
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
por Judith Shapiro
75 membros
1 crítica
4
40
The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
por Richard Curt Kraus
74 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.6
41
China's Response to the West: A Documentary Survey, 1839-1923
por Ssu-yü Teng
72 membros
½ 3.5
42
The Forbidden City
por Geremie R. Barmé
68 membros
3.8
43
China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy
por Minxin Pei
68 membros
½ 3.3
44
The Fall and Rise of China
por Richard Baum
65 membros
3 críticas
½ 4.6
45
The Face of China as seen by photographers & travelers, 1860-1912
por Nigel Cameron
59 membros
1 crítica
4
47
800,000,000: the real China
por Ross Terrill
59 membros
2 críticas
2
48
Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900
por David Graff
54 membros
4 críticas
½ 4.4
49
Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security
por Andrew J. Nathan
53 membros
50
Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: A Trilogy
por Joseph R. Levenson
51 membros
4
51
The Last Stand of Chinese Conservatism: The Tʻung-Chih Restoration, 1862-1874
por Mary Clabaugh Wright
48 membros
1 crítica
5
52
Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao
por Benjamin I. Schwartz
43 membros
3
53
The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy
por Fung Yu-Lan
42 membros
54
Chinese communism
por Robert C. North
41 membros
5
55
A Military History of China
por David Graff
41 membros
½ 3.5
56
Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience
por Geremie Barme
39 membros
1 crítica
5
57
China's Future
por David Shambaugh
37 membros
½ 3.7
58
The Origins of Chinese Communism
por Arif Dirlik
36 membros
3
59
China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay
por Minxin Pei
33 membros
3
60
In the Red
por Geremie R. Barmé
32 membros
62
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
por Alastair Iain Johnston
30 membros
1 crítica
3
63
China on Screen: Cinema and Nation (Film and Culture Series)
por Christopher J. Berry
30 membros
64
The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
por Bruce J. Dickson
28 membros
65
Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader
por Geremie R. Barmé
25 membros
67
China; an interpretive history, from the beginnings to the fall of Han
por Joseph Richmond Levenson
23 membros
5
68
Burying Mao
por Richard Baum
23 membros
2
69
Avoiding the Fall: China's Economic Restructuring
por Michael Pettis
22 membros
1 crítica
½ 4.5
70
Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics
por David Shambaugh
22 membros
½ 4.5
72
Wealth into Power: The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector
por Bruce J. Dickson
21 membros
73
Chinese Democrary
por Andrew J. Nathan
20 membros
74
The Great Voyages of Zheng He
por Song Nan Zhang
19 membros
4
75
China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation
por David Shambaugh
19 membros
4
76
Social States: China in International Institutions, 1980-2000
por Alastair Iain Johnston
19 membros
79
The Peasant Economy and Social Change in North China
por Philip Huang
18 membros
80
China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World
por John W. Garver
17 membros
83
The Peasant Family and Rural Development in the Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988
por Philip Huang
16 membros
84
Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite
por Bruce Gilley
16 membros
85
Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry
por Andrew G. Walder
15 membros
5
86
A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism
por Suisheng Zhao
15 membros
4
87
Model Rebels: The Rise and Fall of China's Richest Village
por Bruce Gilley
15 membros
2
88
Sun Yat-Sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution
por Harold Z. Schiffrin
15 membros
89
A Documentary History of Chinese Communism
por Conrad Brandt
15 membros
90
Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978-1993
por Barry Naughton
14 membros
1 crítica
4
91
Chinese Aircraft: China's Aviation Industry Since 1951
por Yefim Gordon
14 membros
1 crítica
3.8
92
New Directions in the Study of China's Foreign Policy
por Alastair Iain Johnston
14 membros
3
93
China in Ferment: Perspectives on the Cultural Revolution (A Spectrum book)
por Richard Baum
14 membros
2
94
China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead
por Bruce Gilley
14 membros
95
China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)
por Richard Baum
14 membros
96
Chinese Foods
por Liu Junru
13 membros
3
97
Classical Chinese Furniture
por Willy Wo-Lap Lam
12 membros
1 crítica
4
98
People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet
por Katrien Jacobs
12 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.5
99
Taiwan: Nation-State or Province?
por John F. Copper
12 membros
3
100
China after Deng Xiaoping: The Power Struggle in Beijing Since Tiananmen
por Willy Wo-Lap Lam
12 membros
3