China: Library of Nations

This book on China belongs to the series, Library of Nations, published by the editors of Time-Life Books. China, a land of extremes, is the oldest of great nations, its dynamic history stretching 4,000 years in an unbroken span. Chapters: old ways amid radical change; tasks of a farm family; the four worlds of a varied land; picture essay: to the West, another country; a culture unified by writing; the daily grind of student life; the Middle Kingdom; ordeal of the Civil War; Red Guard & Old Guard; the system: rules made to be bent; an executive's frugal life; & an ethnic empire overseas. Numerous color photos & illustrations.