Peter Zarrow

China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing historical insights essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this text explores the events that lead to the rise of communism and a strong central state during the early twentieth century. This book weaves narrative together with thematic chapters that pause to address themes central to China's transformation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9780415364478
• ISBN-10: 0415364477
• Artikelnr.: 21283514

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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