Main Program Readings - Spring

Changing China, Spring 2009, Books Assigned for Program

Lieberthal, Kenneth. (2004) Governing China: From Revolution through Reform.  W.W. Norton. ISBN-10: 0393924920. ISBN-13: 978-0-393-92492-3 (paperback)

Naughton, Barry. (2007) The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth. MIT Press. ISBN-10: 0262140950. ISBN-13: 978-0-262-14095-9 (paperback)

Pomfret, John. (2007) Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China.  Henry Holt and Company. ISBN-10: 0805086641. ISBN-13 978-0805086645 (paperback)

The following books are assigned for those students not going on the China study abroad portion of the program:

Bell, Daniel A. (2008) China's New Confucianism: Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society. Princeton University Press. ISBN-10: 0691136904. ISBN-13: 978-0691136905 (hardcover)

Chen, Guidi and Chuntao Wu. (2006) Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of China's Peasants. Public Affairs. ISBN-10: 1586484419. ISBN-13: 978-1586484415 (paperback)

Leonard, Mark. (2008) What Does China Think? PublicAffairs. ISBN-10: 1586484842. ISBN-13: 978-1586484842 (hardcover)

Mann, James. (2007) The Chinese Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China. Penguin Book. ISBN-10: 0143112929. ISBN-13: 978-0143112921 (paperback)

Mones, Nicole. (2008) The Last Chinese Chef. Mariner Books. ISBN-10: 0547053738.
ISBN-13: 978-0547053738 (paperback)

For those not going to Beijing, you may be interested in the paperback version of James Fallows articles in the Atlantic Monthly; all those articles from December 2006 to November 2008 are compiled in the following:

Fallows, James (2009) Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China. Vintage. ISBN-13: 9780307456243