China in war and revolution, 1895-1949 /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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Colección: | Asia's transformations.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I : the road to revolution, 1895-1919
- The rise of Confucian radicalism
- 1911 : history and historiography
- Ideas and ideals in the fall of the Qing
- From the military dictator to the warlords
- Social conditions in the countryside
- Urban social change
- Intellectuals, the Republic, and a new culture
- Part II : nationalism and revolution, 1919-1937
- Politics and culture in the May Fourth movement
- National identity, Marxism, and social justice
- The rise of political parties
- Ideology and power in the Nationalist Revolution
- The Northern Expedition and the rise of Chiang Kai-shek
- The Nanjing decade, 1928-1937 : the Guomindang era
- Peasants and communists
- Part III : war and revolution, 1937-1949
- The War of Resistance, 1937-45
- Mao, Maoism, and the Communist party
- Revolution and civil war.