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Upheaval- China has changed from the land of the mandarin to the home of the commune. Her people have faced revolution and a reversal of traditional values. How this once remote country finally soled the problems of her transition from an ancient agrarian society to a modern industrial state may well affect the social structure of the entire world. The Changing Society of China is a brilliant synthesis of China's history- social, cultural, and political. The authors consider Chinese tradition, art, and philosophy and achieve a masterly success in explaining Chinese thought from Confucius to Mao Tse-tung while describing its impact on the newly aware Western man.