The Problem of China

ISBN-13: 9780367540807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 230 str.

Bertrand Russell

Opis

Written at a time when China was largely regarded by the West as backward, The Problem of China sees Russell rise above the prejudices of his era and assess China's past, present and future. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new introduction by Bernard Linsky.

Spis treści

Introduction to The Problem of China Bernard Linsky  Preface  1. Questions  2. China before the Nineteenth Century  3. China and the Western Powers  4. Modern China  5. Japan before the Restoration  6. Modern Japan  7. Japan and China before 1914  8. Japan and China during the War  9. The Washington Conference  10. Present Forces and Tendencies in the Far East  11. Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted  12. The Chinese Character  13. Higher Education in China  14. Industrialism in China  15. The Outlook for China.  Appendix  Postscript  Index

O autorze

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a celebrated writer and commentator on social and political affairs.