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China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 book cover

1st Edition

China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949

By Peter Zarrow Copyright 2006
432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge
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Providing historical insights essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this text presents a nation's story of trauma and growth during the early twentieth century. It explains how China's defeat by Japan in 1895 prompted an explosion of radical reform proposals and the beginning of elite Chinese disillusionment with the Qing government. The book explores how this event also... Read more
Part 1: The Road to Revolution, 1895-1919  Prologue: The Boxers: The State of China on the Eve of the Twentieth Century  1. The Rise of Confucian Radicalism  2. 1911: History and Historiography  3. Ideas and Ideals in the Fall of the Qing  4. From the Military Dictator to the Warlords  5. Social Conditions in the Countryside  6. Urban Social Change  7. Intellectuals, the Republic and a New Culture  Part 2: Nationalism and Revolution, 1919-1937  8. Politics and Culture in the May Fourth Movement  9. National Identity, Marxism, and Social Justice  10. The Rise of Political Parties  11. Ideology and Power in the Nationalist Revolution  12. The Northern Expedition and the Rise of Chiang Kai-shek  13. The Nanjing Decade, 1928-1937: The Guomindang Era  14. Peasants and Communists  Part 3: War and Revolution, 1937-1949  15. The War of Resistance, 1937-1945  16. Mao, Maoism, and the Communist Party  17. Revolution and Civil War 

Biography

Peter Zarrow is currently Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica,Taipei, having previously taught in the United States and Australia. His research focuses on the thought and culture of twentieth-century China, and he has authored works on Chinese anarchism, historiography, the 1911 Revolution, the Cultural Revolution, and other subjects.

'The book is both richly descriptive and highly analytical, breaking down discipline boundaries to provide a fuller picture of Chinese society during the late Qing and Republican periods.' - China Journal

'Innovative, vivid and engaging, this book provides an excellent basis for the ongoing study of the Chinese revolution.' - China Journal

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