LibGuides: AMES 334K: Globalization and Cultural Trends in China: Getting Started

Online Reference Sources

Berkshire Encyclopedia of China by Mary Bagg (Editor)
ISBN: 9780977015948
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Brill's Encyclopedia of China Online
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture by Kam Louie (Editor)
ISBN: 9780521863223
Publication Date: 2008-06-05
Encyclopedia of Modern China by David Pong
ISBN: 9780684315713
Publication Date: 2009-08-01
Cambridge history of China. Vol. 15, The People's Republic. Part 2, Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution, 1966-1982
Cambridge Histories Online: China

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