5 Top journalism books like Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise by Scott Rozelle

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Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise

By: Scott Rozelle

4.24

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from …

If you liked the journalism plot in Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise by Scott Rozelle , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong

1. One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

By: Mei Fong

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

An intimate investigation of the world's largest experiment in social engineering, revealing how it… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell

2. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

By: Thomas Sowell

3.49

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

This is the revised and enlarged edition of a new kind of introduction to economics for the general… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • history
  • nonfiction

3. The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

By: Kent A. Kiehl

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, written by the leading scientist… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

4. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for which … read more

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6. The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

By: Frank Dikötter

3.71

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

"The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of… read more

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7. Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve

By: None

4.18

Format: None pages, ebook

In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bebe,and The Smartest Kids in the Wor… read more

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8. On China

By: Henry Kissinger

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to… read more

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9. Eat the Buddha

By: Barbara Demick

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

The new book by award-winning journalist and National Book Award finalist Barbara Demick. read more

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10. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

By: Siddharth Kara

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Now you understand how people like us work?"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Cover of The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk

11. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • society
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12. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing by Ben Austen

13. High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing

By: Ben Austen

4.33

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction b… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. The Story of Russia

By: Orlando Figes

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources by Javier Blas

15. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

By: Javier Blas

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • journalism
  • economics
  • society
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

Cover of Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China by Desmond Shum

16. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

By: Desmond Shum

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New York Times bestseller is na… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
Cover of Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer

17. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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18. The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well

By: Michael Lopp

4.18

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Many people think leadership is a higher calling that resides exclusively with a select few who pra… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy by Erich Schwartzel

19. Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy

By: Erich Schwartzel

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening and deeply reported narrative that details the surprising role of the movie business… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
Cover of Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis

20. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

By: Tom Burgis

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • economics
"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

Cover of Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future by Ian  Johnson

21. Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future

By: Ian Johnson

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Using history to challenge Communist Party rule. China's Underground Historians and their Battl… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • journalism
Cover of China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikötter

22. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower

By: Frank Dikötter

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
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23. No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram

By: Sarah Frier

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning reporter Sarah Frier reveals an inside, never-before-told, behind-the-scenes look at … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Mosseri’s answer to the important question was perfect by Facebook standards: “Technology isn’t good or bad—it just is,"

-Sarah Frier, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram

Cover of Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate by Mary Elise Sarotte

24. Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

By: Mary Elise Sarotte

4.25

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

A leading expert on Cold War foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism by Keyu Jin

25. The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

By: Keyu Jin

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy China's… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
Cover of Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence by Amy B. Zegart

26. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence

By: Amy B. Zegart

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of China Unbound: A New World Disorder by Joanna Chiu

27. China Unbound: A New World Disorder

By: Joanna Chiu

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

While the United States stumbles, an award-winning foreign correspondent chronicles China’s dramati… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • journalism
Cover of China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption by Yuen Yuen Ang

28. China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption

By: Yuen Yuen Ang

4.18

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen A… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
Cover of China's Great Wall of Debt: Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle by Dinny McMahon

29. China's Great Wall of Debt: Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle

By: Dinny McMahon

4.13

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A stunning inside look at how and why the foundations upon which China has built the world's second… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • economics
Cover of The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University by Daniel A. Bell

30. The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University

By: Daniel A. Bell

3.26

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system On January… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • education
Cover of Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise by Scott Rozelle

31. Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise

By: Scott Rozelle

4.24

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from … read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • political science
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • journalism
  • education
  • society

23 Best history books like Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise by Scott Rozelle

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One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

Mei Fong

3.00

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Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

Thomas Sowell

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

5.00

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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

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Martha Stout

3.77

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Personality Disorders & Mental Illnesses: The Truth About Psychopaths, Sociopaths, and Narcissists

Clarence T. Rivers

3.73

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In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

George K. Simon Jr.

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