1st Edition
China Since 1919 - Revolution and Reform A Sourcebook
Edited By Alan Lawrance
Copyright 2003
312 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
This Sourcebook tells the momentous history of China since 1919 from the viewpoints of participants. Over 150 extracts from political statements, telegrams, speeches, memoirs, letters and poems illuminate the historical development of China from the May Fourth Movement onwards, and answer key questions such as:
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1. The Cultural Renaissance 2. The United Front and its Breakdown 3. Maozhu in the Countryside and the Long March 4. The Nanjing Decade (1927–37) and World War Two (1937–45) 5. Yanan: The Formative Years, 1936–44 6. Civil War and Communist Victory 7. The Sino-Soviet Alliance, the Korean War,and the Early Years of the People's Republic, 1949–55 8. The Hundred Flowers 9. The Great Leap Forward 10. The Cultural Revolution 11. Years of Transition 12. Modernization in the 1980s 13. Defining the Chinese Nation: Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Minorities 14. China Enters the Twenty-First Century
Biography
Alan Lawrance
'Useful reading for anyone embarking on the study of modern Chinese politics. The very diverse collection of documents compiled by the late Alan Lawrance provides in handy form useful materials covering most of the 20th Century.' - Asian Affairs
