China's Geography

Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvGregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Xiaoping Shen,Youqin Huang

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Despite China's clear and growing importance on the world stage, it remains often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey, the most current and authoritative introduction available, vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors show contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces. They consider historical and current successes and difficulties, including economic, political, cultural, and environmental challenges, while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming an aggressive major regional and global player. Through clear prose and 160 insightful maps, tables, and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great economic, political, and social differences found throughout China's many regions.Accompanying the book is a companion website that provides a wealth of additional materials, including sample lectures, color versions of all the graphics, time series and provincial data files for student projects in Excel, lists of favorite films and websites, and public domain maps for student use.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-04-07
Mått179 x 257 x 22 mm
Vikt748 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieChanging Regions in a Global Context: New Perspectives in Regional Geography Series
Antal sidor432
Upplaga4
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538140802

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List of Figures, Photos, and TablesAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: China’s Path and Progress Gregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell2 Physical Geographies: Landscapes of Diversity Gregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell3 History: Ancient Roots and Binding Traditions Gregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell4 Politics: The Central Kingdom in a Globalized World Clifton W. Pannell and Gregory Veeck5 Cities: The Road to an Urban Revolution Youqin Huang6 Population: Demographic Changes and Challenges Xiaoping Shen7 Inequality: Rising Social, Economic, and Spatial Divides Youqin Huang8 Economy: China’s Changing Economic Geography Clifton W. Pannell and Gregory Veeck9 Agriculture: From Antiquity to Revolution to Reform Gregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell10 Industry and Energy: A Geohistorical SurveyGregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell11 Trade and Transportation: New Pillars of Growth Xiaoping Shen12 The Environment: Crises and Responses Gregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell13 Taiwan: An Enduring East Asian Miracle Gregory Veeck and Clifton W. Pannell14 Hong Kong and Macau: Postcolonial Futures Clifton W. Pannell and Gregory VeeckIndex About the Authors

The most informative, insightful, up-to-date, and readable account of the diverse and ever-changing geography of China as an important player of our interdependent world. Drawing on a wide range of complementary perspectives and the decades-long experience of four outstanding scholars, it provides a compelling and illuminating documentation of the phenomenal changes affecting not just one-fifth of the human race but the entire planet as well. An essential reference and must-read for anyone interested in China and global developments.