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 Table of contents
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CONTENTS |
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Acknowledgments |
xi |
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Introduction |
xiii |
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PART I: HISTORICAL NARRATIVE |
1 |
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CHAPTER ONE The Decline of the Traditional State, 1780–1901 |
3 |
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China in 1780 |
3 |
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The Faces of Western Imperialism |
13 |
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Domestic Rebellion and the Devolution of Power to the Localities |
21 |
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Military Defeats and the Loss of Tributary States |
30 |
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The Cultural, Ideological, and Political Nature of Chinese Response to Civilizational Crisis |
37 |
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CHAPTER TWO Building State and Nation Amid Cultural Revolution, 1901–28 |
50 |
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The “Revolutionary” Manchus |
50 |
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Militarization and Political Options |
57 |
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Social and Cultural Revolution |
63 |
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Nationalism and Its Proponents |
71 |
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CHAPTER THREE Social Revolution: Alternatives for State and Nation, 1928–60 |
81 |
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Struggles to Reconstruct Chinese Society |
81 |
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The Ravages of Invasion and Civil War |
90 |
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The Years That Were Fat |
104 |
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Communization and Militarization |
111 |
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CHAPTER FOUR Economic Disasters and Miracles: 1960 to the Present— Whither State and Nation? |
119 |
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Cultural and Economic Catastrophe |
119 |
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Reform and Repression |
127 |
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State Decentralization and National Power |
133 |
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Social and Cultural Change |
141 |
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PART II: COMPENDIUM OF KEY EVENTS, TERMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND FIGURES |
155 |
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Major Events and Movements |
155 |
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Terms |
163 |
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Institutions and Organizations |
166 |
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Treaties and International Settlements |
170 |
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Emperors |
172 |
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Qing Dynasty Government Leaders |
174 |
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Leaders of Dissent, Rebellion, or Revolution |
179 |
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Nationalist Party (Guomindang/Kuomintang) Leaders |
183 |
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Communist Party (Gongchandang) Leaders |
187 |
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Military Figures |
197 |
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Intellectuals, Writers, and Artists |
201 |
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PART III: RESOURCE GUIDE |
215 |
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Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works |
215 |
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General Works |
215 |
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Politics |
220 |
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Society |
231 |
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The Economy |
238 |
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The World of Culture and Thought |
243 |
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Relations with the Outside World |
252 |
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Documentaries and Feature Films |
256 |
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Electronic Resources |
260 |
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PART IV: APPENDICES |
263 |
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APPENDIX 1: CHRONOLOGY, 1780 TO THE PRESENT |
265 |
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APPENDIX 2: DOCUMENTS |
270 |
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Letter of Commissioner Lin Zexu to Queen Victoria (1839) |
270 |
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The Taiping Plan for Reorganizing Chinese Society from The Land System of the Heavenly Dynasty (1853) |
271 |
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Memorial of Kang Youwei to the Guangxu Emperor (1898) |
273 |
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The Boxer Protocol (1901) |
275 |
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The Manifesto of the Revolutionary Alliance (Tongmenghui) (1905) |
278 |
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Chen Duxiu's “Call to Youth” from New Youth (1915) |
279 |
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The Three Principles of the People, Sun Yat-sen (1924) |
282 |
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Fundamentals of National Reconstruction, Sun Yat-sen (1924) |
284 |
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Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan, Mao Zedong (1927) |
286 |
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The Jiangxi Soviet Land Law of 1932 |
287 |
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Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art, Mao Zedong (1942) |
290 |
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On the People's Democratic Dictatorship, Mao Zedong (1949) |
291 |
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The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (1950) |
293 |
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Decision of the Central Committee of the CCP Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966) |
296 |
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Big Character Poster, “Bombard the Headquarters,” Mao Zedong (1966) |
298 |
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“Democracy or a New Dictatorship,” Wei Jingsheng, published in Explorations (1979) |
298 |
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Proposals for the Reform of the Political Structure, Su Shaozhi (1986) |
300 |
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Wall poster, Beijing Spring (1989) |
302 |
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Main points of Deng Xiaoping's Talks in Shenzhen (1992) |
304 |
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Excerpt from Decision of Central Committee on Some Issues Concerning the Establishment of a Socialist Market Economic Structure (1993) |
305 |
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APPENDIX 3: MAJOR PARTY CONGRESSES |
308 |
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
308 |
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Guomindang (Nationalist Party) |
311 |
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APPENDIX 4: TABLES AND FIGURES ON TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS |
314 |
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Table 1: Selected Development and Demographic Trends, 1950–90 |
314 |
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Table 2: Regional Variation in Demographic Indicators |
315 |
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Table 3: Ethnic Minorities with Populations Over Four Million |
315 |
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Table 4: Basic Indicators for Greater China, 1995 |
316 |
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Table 5: Indicators of Economic Development Level, 1952–90 |
317 |
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Table 6: China's Trade with Selected Countries and Regions, 1970, 1978–85 |
318 |
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Table 7: United States Trade with China, 1978–93 |
319 |
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Table 8: United States Direct Foreign Investment in China, 1983–93 |
320 |
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Table 9: Agricultural Performance, 1957–78 and 1978–84 |
320 |
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Table 10: State Budgets with Reference to Defense and Other Expenditures, 1978–94 |
321 |
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Table 11: Indicators of Social Development, 1952–90 |
322 |
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Table 12: Number of Schools, 1952–91 |
323 |
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Table 13: Number of Students, 1950–91 |
324 |
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Table 14: Changes in Aspects of Freedom of Mate Choice, 1900–82 |
325 |
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Table 15: Bride Age at First Marriage, 1900–82 |
326 |
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Table 16: Groom Age at First Marriage, 1900–82 |
327 |
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Figure 1: Urban Residents Income and Living Expenditures, 1995 |
328 |
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Figure 2: Urban Ownership of Household Appliances, 1995 |
329 |
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Index |
331 |
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