Modern China, 1840-1972 an introduction to sources and research aids

Graduate students have traditionally learned a good part of what they know about sources and research aids on modern China through hearsay and serendipity, in unsystematic and unreliable bits and pieces. The field has now developed to the point where this need not and ought not to be so. It is now p...

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Main Author: Nathan, Andrew J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies 1973, c1973
Series:Michigan papers in Chinese studies
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Graduate students have traditionally learned a good part of what they know about sources and research aids on modern China through hearsay and serendipity, in unsystematic and unreliable bits and pieces. The field has now developed to the point where this need not and ought not to be so. It is now possible for beginning researchers to start with some shared basic knowledge of research aids and documentary resources. This research guide is meant to provide that knowledge. The user of this guide is envisaged as an American graduate student in history or the social sciences who is already familiar with the major English-language secondary literature on modern China and is about to begin original research, either for a seminar paper or for a dissertation
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Physical Description:vi, 95 pages
ISBN:0892640146
9780892640140