The oxford illustrated history of modern China
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The oxford illustrated history of modern China
Oxford University Press, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century', introducing readers to important but often overlooked events in China's past, such as the bloody Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), which had a death toll far higher than the roughly contemporaneous American Civil War. It also helps readers see more familiar landmarks in Chinese history in new
ways, such as the Opium War (1839-1842), the Boxer Uprising of 1900, the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989.
This is one of the first major efforts - and in many ways the most ambitious to date - to come to terms with the broad sweep of modern Chinese history, taking readers from the origins of modern China right up through the dramatic events of the last few years (the Beijing Games, the financial crisis, and China's rise to global economic pre-eminence) which have so fundamentally altered Western views of China and China's place in the world.
Table of Contents
List of MapsA Guide to Pronouncing Romanized ChineseIntroduction, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom1: From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550-1792, Anne Gerritsen2: New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792-1860, Stephen R. Platt3: Restoration and Reform, 1860-1900, Robert Bickers4: Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic, Peter Zarrow5: The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919-1937, James Carter6: The War Years, 1937-1949, Rana Mitter7: The Early Years of the People's Republic, 1950-1964, S. A. Smith8: The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964-1976, Richard Curt Kraus9: Reform and Rebuilding, 1976-1988, Timothy Cheek10: Tiananmen and Its Aftermath, 1989-1999, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess11: China Rising, 2000-2010, William A. Callahan12: The Presence of the Past - A Coda, Ian JohnsonTimelineFurther ReadingIndex
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