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    <title>Understanding contemporary China</title>
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    <publisher>Lynne Rienner Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
    <edition>Third edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvii, 470 p. : ill., photgs., maps. forms. ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>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. Laughin-- Trends and Prospects / Robert E. Gamer.</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Robert E. Gamer.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Historia</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">408 DS 706 U55 2008</classification>
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      <title>Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World</title>
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