Modern Chinese History

Author : David Kenley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : China
ISBN : 0924304995

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Modern Chinese History by David Kenley Pdf

"The second edition of Modern Chinese History provides a concise narrative of Chinese history from the period 1644 to the present. Organized around the twin themes of Chinese cosmopolitanism and exceptionalism, it can easily supplement any history, international studies, cultural studies, or Asian studies course. It can also provide valuable background information necessary to understand contemporary Chinese politics, society, and economics. General readers wanting quickly to understand the collapse of the imperial system, the rise of Communism, and the role of China in our contemporary world will welcome this eminently readable text"--

Author : R. Keith Schoppa
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0231500378

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The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History by R. Keith Schoppa Pdf

China, the world's oldest and most populous state, remains an enigma to most people in the West, even at a time when that country is playing an increasingly prominent role on the international stage. At the heart of modern Chinese history have been the efforts of the Chinese people to transform their polity into a modern nation state, the Confucian orthodoxy into an ideology that can help direct that process, and an agrarian economy into an industrial one. These efforts are ongoing and of great importance. This book is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years. This valuable reference contains: a historical narrative providing a comprehensive overview of five core aspects of Chinese history: domestic politics, society, the economy, the world of culture and thought, and relations with the outside world; a compendium of 250 short, descriptive articles on key figures, events, and terms; a resource guide containing approximately 500 annotated entries for the most authoritative sources for further research in English, as well as descriptions of important films depicting modern China and a guide to electronic resources; and appendices, including a chronology, excerpts from key primary source documents, and a wealth of tables and graphs on demographic, social, and economic trends.

Author : Jonathan Fenby
Publisher : Ecco
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106019940714

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Modern China by Jonathan Fenby Pdf

Clear and engaging, this is the definitive history of China, one of the most important political, economic, and cultural players in the modern world. 8-page color photo insert.

Author : Albert Feuerwerker,Rhoads Murphey,Mary Clabaugh Wright
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Approaches to Modern Chinese History by Albert Feuerwerker,Rhoads Murphey,Mary Clabaugh Wright Pdf

Author : Timothy Cheek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107021419

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The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History by Timothy Cheek Pdf

A vivid account of Chinese intellectuals across the twentieth century that provides a guide to making sense of China today.

Author : Thomas David DuBois,Jan Kiely
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000734683

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Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History by Thomas David DuBois,Jan Kiely Pdf

This book explores how fieldwork has been used to research Chinese history in the past and new ways that others might use in it the future. It introduces the previous generations of scholars who ventured out of the archive to conduct local investigations in Chinese cities, villages, farms and temples. It goes on to present the techniques of historical fieldwork, providing guidance on how to integrate oral history into research plans and archival research, conduct interviews, and locate sources in the field. Chapters by established researchers relate these techniques to specific types of fieldwork, including religion, the imperial past, natural environments and agriculture. Combining the past and the future of the craft, the book provides a rich resource for scholars coming new to fieldwork in the history of China.

Author : R. Keith Schoppa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351219884

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Revolution and Its Past by R. Keith Schoppa Pdf

Unlike other texts on modern Chinese history, which tend to be either encyclopedic or too pedantic, Revolution and Its Past is comprehensive but concise, focused on the most recent scholarship, and written in a style that engages students from beginning to end. The Third Edition uses the theme of identities--of the nation itself and of the Chinese people--to probe the vast changes that have swept over China from late imperial times to the early twenty-first century. In so doing, it explores the range of identities that China has chosen over time and those that outsiders have attributed to China and its people, showing how, as China rapidly modernizes, the issue of Chinese identity in the modern world looms large.

Author : Zheng Yangwen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526126979

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Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History by Zheng Yangwen Pdf

This book is a timely and solid portrait of modern China from the First Opium War to the Xi Jinping era. Unlike the handful of existing textbooks that only provide narratives, this textbook fashions a new and practical way to study modern China. Written exclusively for university students, A-level or high school teachers and students, it uses primary sources to tell the story of China and introduces them to existing scholarship and academic debate so they can conduct independent research for their essays and dissertations. This book will be required reading for students who embark on the study of Chinese history, politics, economics, diaspora, sociology, literature, cultural, urban and women’s studies. It would be essential reading to journalists, NGO workers, diplomats, government officials, businessmen and travellers.

Author : Peter Gue Zarrow
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0820479454

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Creating Chinese Modernity by Peter Gue Zarrow Pdf

Over the first half of the twentieth century, the lives of millions of urban Chinese were transformed by new ideas, new objects, new jobs, new leisure pursuits, new forms of transportation, new architecture: in a word, new «life-styles» and habits of mind. What did these changes mean to ordinary people? The essays in this book examine how prevailing discourses - on nationalism, feminism, democracy, individualism, socialism, and the like - emerged and were absorbed into the lived experiences and material culture of ordinary Chinese. Only from intimate personal experiences with forces ranging from war, revolution, and state-building to advertising blitzes and boycotts was Chinese modernity forged, forged out of «forces» larger than individuals but simultaneously observed, interpreted, adapted, and absorbed by those individuals.

Author : Tien-wei Wu
Publisher : U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780892640263

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The Sian Incident by Tien-wei Wu Pdf

When Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Sian in the fall of 1936 and laid plans for launching his last campaign against the Red Army with an expectation of exterminating it in a month, he badly misjudged the mood of the Tungpei (Northeast) Army and more so its leader, Chang Hsueh-liang, better known as the Young Marshal. Refusing to fight the Communists, Chang with the loyal support of his officers staged a coup d’état by kidnapping Chiang Kai-shek for two weeks at Sian. Almost forty years after the melodrama was over, the Sian Incident still absorbs much attention from both Chinese and Western scholars as well as the reading public. The Sian Incident attempts to bring together whatever information has been thus far gleaned about the subject, and to cover all aspects and controversies involved in it. [1, xi, xii]

Author : Ping Chen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521645727

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Modern Chinese by Ping Chen Pdf

This book describes the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s.

Author : Huaiyin Li
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822038707170

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Reinventing Modern China by Huaiyin Li Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive account of Chinese historiography on modern China. It examines the major master narratives and modes of narration in representing the events and overarching themes in modern Chinese history.

Author : Albert Feuerwerker,S. Cheng
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : History
ISBN : 0674123018

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Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History by Albert Feuerwerker,S. Cheng Pdf

Preliminary Material -- General Works -- The Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties -- The Republic -- Economic History -- Intellectual and Cultural History -- Reference Works -- List of Publishers -- Index.

Author : Justin M. Jacobs
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295806570

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Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State by Justin M. Jacobs Pdf

Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State views modern Chinese political history from the perspective of Han officials who were tasked with governing Xinjiang. This region, inhabited by Uighurs, Kazaks, Hui, Mongols, Kirgiz, and Tajiks, is also the last significant “colony” of the former Qing empire to remain under continuous Chinese rule throughout the twentieth century. By foregrounding the responses of Chinese and other imperial elites to the growing threat of national determination across Eurasia, Justin Jacobs argues for a reconceptualization of the modern Chinese state as a “national empire.” He shows how strategies for administering this region in the late Qing, Republican, and Communist eras were molded by, and shaped in response to, the rival platforms of ethnic difference characterized by Soviet and other geopolitical competitors across Inner and East Asia. This riveting narrative tracks Xinjiang political history through the Bolshevik revolution, the warlord years, Chinese civil war, and the large-scale Han immigration in the People’s Republic of China, as well as the efforts of the exiled Xinjiang government in Taiwan after 1949 to claim the loyalty of Xinjiang refugees.

Author : Charles Desnoyers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : China
ISBN : 0199946450

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Patterns of Modern Chinese History by Charles Desnoyers Pdf

"While there are a great many books that deal with Chinese history as a whole, or with modern Chinese history in the twentieth century, or thematically (e.g. 'Revolution' economics, etc.) this book deals with a broad narrative, introductory but detailed, of the period starting with the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 and takes it to the present. The narrative arc begins with imperial China's greatest extent of wealth and power, traces it through its downward spiral and ultimate demise, and follows its revolutions, civil wars, invasions, radical political interlude, and rise once again to world prominence"--Provided by publisher.