China's Quest for Modernization

The seventeen essays collected here, written by Chinese and U.S. scholars, explore the reasons for China's historical failure to modernize and develop recommendations on the path China should follow in its current quest for modernization. The book opens with a general review and then moves into economic, political and social, cultural, foreign relations, population, comparative, and regional studies.
Contributors:
Marie-Claire Bergere is Professor of Chinese Civilization, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Institut de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.
Chen Jiang is Professor of History, Fudan University.
Ding Richu is Senior Researcher, Department of Modern Chinese Economic History, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
Prasenjit Duara is Professor of History, University of Chicago.
Joshua A. Fogel is Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.
William C. Kirby is Professor and Chair, Department of History, and Chair, Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University.
James Q. Lee is Associate Professor in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
Luo Rongqu was at the time of the conference Professor of History and Director, Center for the Studies of the Process of World Modernization, Beijing University.
Pan Junxiang is Professor of History and Director, Shanghai Historical Museum.
Elizabeth J. Perry is Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley.
Frederic Wakeman, Jr., is Walter and Elise Haas Professor of Asian Studies and Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Wang Xi is Professor of History and Economics, Fudan University, and President, Shanghai Institute of Business Administration.
Yang Liqiang is Professor of History and Chairman, Department of History, Fudan University.
Wen-hsin Yeh is Professor of History and Chair, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Madeleine Zelin is Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures and Director, East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Zhang Guohui is Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Zhang Kaimin is Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute of Population and Development, Shanghai Academy of Social Science.
Zhang Zhongli is Professor of History and President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.