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Modern China, a history
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From the Book - 2nd ed.
The Chinese past
The birth of China Confucianism
Legalism
Daoism
The unification of China
The coming of Buddhism
The later dynasties
Government and society under the Quing
Study questions. The collapse of the old order. The first Western impact
Internal problems
Foreign pressure increases
The Revolution of 1911
Yuan Shikai and the warlord era
The May Fourth Movement and the New Culture Movement
Study questions. The Communist Party and the First United Front. The coming of Communism
The First United Front
The Communist-Guomindang split
Study questions. The Nanjing decade, 1927-37. The Guomindang government at Nanjing
The Jiangxi Soviet
The Long March
The Japanese threat
The Second United Front
Study questions. World war and Communist victory. The war begins
Communism, nationalism, and the `New Democracy'
Chiang and the United States
The `Dixie Mission'
The Japanese surrender
The return to land reform
The final Communist victory
Study questions. The People's Republic of China, 1949-57. Reform in the countryside
Into the cities
The transition to socialism
Ideological remoulding and the `Hundred Flowers'
The international position of the PRC
Study questions. The Great Leap and the great split
The Great Leap Forward
The Sino-Soviet split
Problems along the borders
Dispute in Beijing
Study questions. The Cultural Revolution. 1966: `To rebel is justified!'
The years of chaos: 1967-68
The initial results
Aftermath: 1969-76
Left and Right
International relations
Study questions. The post-Mao reforms. The deaths of Zhou and Mao
The question of individual freedom
China and the world
Economic reforms
Study questions. The era of Deng Xiaoping. The background to the democracy movement Tiananmen
Politics after Tiananmen
Foreign relations
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Facing the future: population pressures
Study questions.The boom years. Economic reform once again
Money to spend
Massive inequalities
A stable political system?
Foreign relations
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Issues of religion
Issues of freedom
China's prospects.
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9780582074804
9780582490765
97805827727793
9780582490772
9780582490765
97805827727793
9780582490772
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