Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text, maps and illustrations present the history of the world from 4,000,000

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.China's Path and Progress -- 2.China's Natural Environments -- 3.Ancient Roots and Binding Traditions -- 4.The Political Geography of Emerging China -- 5.Population and Human Resources -- 6.The Production and Consumption of Culture in Postsocialist China / Christopher J. Smith -- 7.A Preface to China's Changing Economic Geography -- 8.Agriculture: From Antiquity to Revolution to Reform -- 9.China's Industry, Energy, Trade, and Transportation in a Global Context -- 10.Urban Development in Contemporary China / Youqin Huang -- 11.Hong Kong before and after the Return / Christopher J. Smith -- 12.Macau (Macao) -- 13.Taiwan: Enduring East Asian "Economic Miracle".

Includes bibliographical references and index.