China at the Crossroads,Peter Nolan

China at the Crossroads\n\nPeter Nolan (Author)\n\n9780745632391, Polity Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 12 November 2003\n\n224 pages\n22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.336 kg\n\n\""In this concise work, Peter Nolan provides a compelling and provocative assessment of China\u2019s developmental challenge. As Nolan shows, it is not just China, but indeed the whole world, that stands at the crossroads. New rules, new technologies and a new global distribution of power have all called into question traditional answers to the problem of underdevelopment. China, to a greater degree perhaps than any other nation, has the potential to uncover a new path toward modernity. As Nolan points out, the consequences of its doing so, breathtaking as they are, would easily be dwarfed by the catastrophe of its failing to do so.\"" Edward Steinfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n\n\""Peter Nolan has produced a bold, readable and fast-paced work which asks large and important questions. He begins ]