The rise of modern China
This text covers Chinese history since the 17th century and analyzes the return of Hong Kong and Macao. The author also explores China's emergence as a regional and global superpower, Chinese-American rivalry and the unification with Taiwan.
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New York
Oxford University Press
2000
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| Edition: | Sixth edition |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF MODERN CHINA-- I. The Persistence of Traditional Institutions, 1600- 1800-- 2. The Rise and Splendor of the Ch'ing Empire-- 3. Political and Economic Institutions-- 4. Social and Intellectual Conditions-- 5. Foreign Relations-- 6. The Turn of the Dynastic Fortune: From Prosperity to Decline-- II. Foreign Aggression and Domestic Rebellions, 1800-1864-- 7. The Canton System of Trade-- 8. The Opium War-- 9. The Second Treaty Settlement-- 10. The Taiping Revolution and the Nien and Moslem Rebellions-- III. Self-strengthening in an Age of Accelerated Foreign Imperialism-- 11. The Dynastic Revival and the Self-Strengthening Movement-- 12. Foreign Relations and Court Politics, 1861-80-- 13. Foreign Encroachment in Formosa, Sinkiang, and Annam-- 14. Acceleration of Imperialism: The Japanese Aggression in Korea and the "Partition of China"-- IV. Reform and Revolution, 1898-1912-- : 15. The Reform Movement of 1898-- 16. The Boxer Uprising, 1900-- 17. Reform and Constitutionalism at the End of the Ch'ing Period-- 18. Late Ch'ing Intellectual, Social and Economic Changes, with Special Reference to 1895-1911-- 19. The Ch'ing Period in Historical Perspective-- 20. Revolution, Republic, and Warlordism-- V. Ideological Awakening and the War of Resistance-- 21. The Intellectual Revolution, 1917-23-- 22. National Unification Amidst Ideological Ferment and Anti-imperialistic Agitation-- 23. The Nationalist Government: A Decade of Challenge, 1928-37-- 24. The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-45-- VI. The Rise of the Chinese People's Republic-- 25. The Civil War, 1945-49-- 26. The People's Republic: Its First Decade-- 27. The Sino-Soviet Split-- 28. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution-- 29. The Fall of Lin Pao and Its Aftermath-- 30. China Rejoins the International Community-- 31. The Nationalist Rule on Taiwan-- VII. China After Mao: The Search for a New Order-- 32. The Smashing of the Gang of Four-- 33. Teng Hsiao-p'ing and China's New Order-- 34. The Normalization-- 35. The Four Modernizations-- 36. The End of the Maoist Age-- 37. Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics-- 38. China In Transition, 1986-88: The Cultural Impact of the Open-Door Policy-- 39. Taiwan's "Economic Miracle" and the Prospect for Unification with Mainland China-- 40. The Violent Crackdown at T'ien-an-men Square, June 3-4, 1989-- 41. The Chinese Model of Development: Quasi-capitalism in a Political Dictatorship-- 42. The Rise of China-- Appendix I-- Appendix II-- Illustration Credits-- Index.