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China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
by Kristof, Nicholas D.; Sheryl Wudunn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812922522
- ISBN 13
- 9780812922523
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Times Books: a Division of Random House, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition with number line beginning with number two which is how Random House identified First Editions in the 1990s [McBride]. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards (Chinese letters on front board) and red spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain a map of ""the People's Republic of China."" Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Deckled side edges. Dust jacket very good with ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * On the Title Page is a quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, ""When China wakes, it will shake the world."" The jacket flap continues, ""That moment is now at hand. ... With the Chinese economy on a trajectory to overtake Japan and the United States in the coming decades....a spectacular economic boom ....[but concern looms because] China has retained its totalitarian infrastructure...And with the world's largest army, the People's Republic continues to embody a tremendous challenge to the stability of the Pacific Rim....""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000285
- Title
- China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
- Author
- Kristof, Nicholas D.; Sheryl Wudunn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812922522
- ISBN 13
- 9780812922523
- Publisher
- Times Books: a Division of Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- China, China - Economic conditions - 1976 to 1994, China - Social conditions - 1976 to 1994, China - Politics and government
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics; Sociology & Culture; History of Asia & China & Japan;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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