FURTHER READING
“The universe is my study, the moon my candle.
The rapid changes in the PRC in recent years have rendered many books, once regarded as standard, out of date. New books are also appearing at a great rate, which makes the task of selection difficult. The following may be of use but it is by no means a comprehensive selection.
China Handbook series, published in Peking. These cover a wide range of subjects, including history, geography, tourism.
China: A Travel Survival Kit, A Samagalski and Michael Buckley (1984). A good guidebook.
Into China, John Lowe (1986). A good travel book.
Modern China, Edwin Moise (1986). The most recently published general history.
Alive in the Bitter Sea, Fox Butterfield (1982). China since the death of Mao from a journalist's perspective.
The United States and China, J K Fairbank (various editions). Much more than the title implies; by the foremost US Scholar.
The Chinese, David Bonavia (1982 edition).
China and the West, Jerome Ch'en (1979). Society and culture 1815-1937.
The Gate of Heavenly Peace, Jonathan Spence (1981). The Chinese and their revolution,
1895-1980.
The Chinese Experience, R Dawson (1978).
China: a Short Cultural History, C P Fitzgerald (1976).
The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of China, (1982).
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