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ii The Present and the Past General Editors: Michael Crowder and Juliet Gardiner This new series aims to provide the historical background necessary for a proper understanding of the major nations and regions of the contemporary world. Each contributor will illuminate the present political, social, cultural and economic structures of his nation or region through the study of its past. The books, which are fully illustrated with maps and photographs, are written for students, teachers and general readers; and will appeal not only to historians but also to political scientists, economists and sociologists who seek to set their own studies of a particular nation or region in historical perspective. Australia John Rickard *Modern China Edwin E. Moise France Jolyon Howorth Ireland J. J. Lee Japan Janet E. Hunter Mexico A. S. Knight *Russia Edward Acton Southeast Asia David P. Chandler Southern Africa Neil Parsons *Already published The Present and the Past iii