The Oxford illustrated history of modern China / edited by Prof Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N., editor.

Series:

Oxford Illustrated History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century'

Contents:

Cover ; The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; A Guide to Pronouncing Romanized Chinese (Wade-Giles and Pinyin); Introduction; 1: From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550-1792; Late Ming social and cultural life; The three emperors: Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong; Women and gender; Art and material culture at the Qing court; The Qing and the Nanyang; Christianity in Ming and Qing China; Jesuits and technology in late imperial China; 2: New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792-1860; 3: Restoration and Reform, 1860-1900

4: Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic 5: The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919-1937; Chinaś urban modernity; Founding the Communist Party; Warlords; Consequences of warlordism; Northern Expedition; Chiang and Wang; Shanghai massacre; Nanjing decade; Mao Zedong; The Jiangxi Soviet; The Long March; Yanán spirit; 6: The War Years, 1937-1949; The path to war; The first phase; Stalemate; The global war; The Civil War; 7: The Early Years of the Peopleś Republic, 1950-1964; 8: The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964-1976; Prelude to the Cultural Revolution, 1964-1966

Radical Cultural Revolution, 1966-1968 Late Maoism, 1968-1976; Impacts of the Cultural Revolution; Chinaś place in the world; The fall of Maoism; 9: Reform and Rebuilding, 1976-1988; Politics: succession, reform, and stalemate; Reform as experimentation; Reactions to reform; Stalemate; Society: the costs of ``coming alive;́́ Party life; Business and commerce; Intellectuals and popular culture; Rural communities; Legacies of the 1980's; 10: Tiananmen and its Aftermath, 1989-1999; The 1989 protests; The domestic legacies of 1989; Protest and control since 1989; China and the world

11: China Rising, 2000-2010 Economy and society; Politics and foreign affairs; Society and culture; Conclusion; The Presence of the Past-A Coda; History suppressed?; History recreated; History recovered; Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History; FURTHER READING; INTRODUCTION (AND GENERAL BACKGROUND); CHAPTER 1; EXHIBITION CATALOGUES; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; REVOLUTIONARIES AND REFORMERS; WARLORDS; MAY FOURTH; CHAPTER 6; BIOGRAPHIES; THE NATIONAL ISTS : POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND MILITARY HISTORY OF WARTIME; THE COMMUNISTS AND THEIR REVOLUTION

COLLABORATION WITH THE JAPANESE THE CIVIL WAR; CHAPTER 7; MAO ZEDONG; POLITICS; ECONOMICS; THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD AND THE FAMINE; RURAL SOCIETY; URBAN SOCIETY; CULTURE AND EDUCATION; SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS; CHAPTER 8; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10; FILMS AND WEBSITES; CHAPTER 11; ECONOMY; POLITICS; FOREIGN AFFAIRS; SOCIETY AND CULTURE; CODA; PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-968376-X

0-19-150670-2