1st Edition
China At The Crossroads nationalists And Communists, 1927-1949
Edited By F. Gilbert Chan
Copyright 1980
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Concentrating on a transitional epoch, 1927–1949, when China was at the crossroads of revolution, this book analyzes the Kuomintang's inherent weaknesses as a revolutionary force and the Communists' success in the quest for new formulas to guide the modernization movement.
Introduction: China at the Crossroads, 1927–1949 Part 1: The Nationalists, 1927–1937: A Case Study of Revolutionary Failure 1. Factional Politics in Kuomintang China, 1928–1937: An Interpretation 2. The New Life Movement before the Sino-Japanese Conflict: A Reflection of Kuomintang Limitations in Thought and Action 3. Agrarian Reform in Nationalist China: The Case of Rent Reduction in Chekiang, 1927–1937 4. China's Vulnerability to Japanese Imperialism: The Anti-Japanese Boycott of 1931–1932 Part 2: Sinkiang and Szechwan in the Era of Japanese Aggression 5. Regionalism and Central Power: Sheng Shih-ts'ai in Sinkiang, 1933–1944 6. The Kuomintang and Rural China in the War of Resistance, 1937–1945 Part 3: The Communists, 1927–1949: In Search of Revolutionary Models 7. The Origins of Communist and Soviet Movements in China 8. Chinese Communist Land Reform and Peasant Mobilization, 1946–1948
Biography
Dr. Chan, associate professor of history at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, has previously taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Purdue University, and Wright State University.
