The Oxford History of Modern China by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Preface To The 2018 Republication Of The Illustrated Edition Contents LIST OF MAPS A Guide to Pronouncing Romanized Chinese (Wade-Giles and Pinyin) Introduction 1. From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550–1792

Late Ming social and cultural life The three emperors: Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong Women and gender Art and material culture at the Qing court The Qing and the Nanyang Christianity in Ming and Qing China Jesuits and technology in late imperial China

2. New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792–1860 3. Restoration and Reform, 1860–1900 4. Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic 5. The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919–1937

China’s urban modernity Founding the Communist Party Warlords Consequences of warlordism Northern Expedition Chiang and Wang Shanghai massacre Nanjing decade Mao Zedong The Jiangxi Soviet The Long March Yan’an spirit

6. The War Years, 1937–1949

The path to war The first phase Stalemate The global war The Civil War

7. The Early Years of the People’s Republic, 1950–1964 8. The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964–1976

Prelude to the Cultural Revolution, 1964–1966 Radical Cultural Revolution, 1966–1968 Late Maoism, 1968–1976 Impacts of the Cultural Revolution China’s place in the world The fall of Maoism

9. Reform and Rebuilding, 1976–1988

Politics: succession, reform, and stalemate Reform as experimentation Reactions to reform Stalemate Society: the costs of “coming alive” Party life Business and commerce Intellectuals and popular culture Rural communities Legacies of the 1980s

10. Tiananmen and its Aftermath, 1989–1999

The 1989 protests The domestic legacies of 1989 Protest and control since 1989 China and the world

11. China Rising, 2000–2010

Economy and society Politics and foreign affairs Society and culture Conclusion

12. The People’s Leader: The Xi Jinping Era of Chinese Politics

China’s Illiberal Turn Reforms under Xi Jinping Those Who have Been Sacrificed Hong Kong: A Lost Beacon COVID-19 and the Threat of Chaos Wolf Warriors: China’s Advance on the World Stage China: A Tech Competitor Conclusion: A Dominant China

The Presence of the Past–A Coda

History suppressed? History recreated History recovered

Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History Further Reading Index