The story of China : the epic history of a world power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

Wood, Michael 1948- (author.).

Summary: A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today. Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the worlds oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years. After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the worlds second largest economy. But how did it become so dominant? Wood argues that in order to comprehend the great significance of China today, we must begin with its history.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250202574
Physical Description: 608 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm
regular print
print
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Great Britain : Simon & Schuster UK, 2020, with the subtitle: A portrait of a civilisation and its people.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.