This wholly original reassessment of critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic, and ecological change in inland North China during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic. Using many new sources, Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the development of certain regions entailed the syst[...]
The three editors of this new reader are experienced world history teachers, respected scholars, and longtime users of Worlds Together, Worlds Apart. The reader's table of contents matches that of the main text. Documents range in length from 400 to 1,500 words, and each comes with a well-constructe[...]