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China on the Eve of Communist Takeover

by A. Doak Barnett. 374 pgs.

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Contributors:

   A. Doak Barnett

Publisher:

   Praeger

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1963
Subjects:   China--Social Conditions, China--Economic Conditions--1912-1949, China--Politics And Government--1937-1949
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Preface vii
Introduction 5
1. Riding High for a Fall (Shanghai, November, 1947) 17
2. Uneasy Isolation (Peiping, January, 1948) 25
3. War in the Suburbs (Peiping, February, 1948) 36
4. Student Disaffection (Peiping, Match, 1948) 40
5. Business Depression (Tientsin, April, 1948) 52
6. Clique Politics (Nanking, May, 1948) 60
7. Pressures on Labor (Shanghai, October, 1948) 71
8. Minor Parties in Opposition (Hong Kong, December, 1948) 83
9. Collapse of Public Morale (Hong Kong, December, 1948) 96
10. The Status Quo in the Countryside (Hsiehmahsiang [ Szechwan ] , June, 1948) 103
11. Old-Style Warlordism (Taiyuan [ Shansi ] , March, 1948) 157
12. Muslim Authoritarianism (Lanchow [ Kansu ] , October, 1948) 181
13. Chinese in Inner Mongolia (Paotow [ Suiyuan ] , January, 1948) 195
14. Mongol Autonomy (Alashan [ Ninghsia ] , September, 1948) 205
15. Tibetan Border Region (Kangting [ Sikang ] , July, 1948) 215
16. The Panchen Lama (Kumbum [ Chinghai ] , September, 1948) 230
17. Chinese Turkestan (Tihwa [ Sinkiang ] , September, 1948) 236
18. Disunity in the Southwest (Kunming [ Yunnan ] , October, 1949) 282
19. End of the Line (Haikow [ Hainan ] , November, 1949) 296
20. Island Refuge (Taipeh [ Taiwan ] , November, 1949) 304
21. Siege and Turnover (Peiping, February, 1949) 315
22. Takeover and Consolidation (Peiping, February, 1949) 338
23. Fan Shen (Peiping, August, 1949) 358
Index 365
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