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9780824819231

China : Understanding Its Past

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824819231

  • ISBN10:

    0824819233

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

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Table of Contents

Maps
vi(1)
Tables and Graphs
vi(1)
To the Reader vii(1)
Chinese Names viii(1)
Romanization and Pronunciation of Chinese Words viii
CHAPTER 1 THE FAMILY, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN IMPERIAL CHINA, 600 B.C.E. TO A.D. 1900
1(74)
1 Daughters
4(15)
2 Sons
19(17)
3 Parents and Children
36(9)
4 Foundations of Chinese Thinking
45(11)
5 China and the Outside World
56(19)
CHAPTER 2 CIVILIZATIONS IN COLLISION: CHINA IN TRANSITION, 1750-1920
75(80)
1 The Celestial Empire and the Outside World, 1750-1793
78(14)
2 China, Britain, and Opium, 1839-1842
92(17)
3 Foreign Encroachment in China, 1842-1911
109(14)
4 Domestic Strife, 1850-1873
123(15)
5 Reform and Revolution, 1890-1920
138(17)
CHAPTER 3 TRANSFORMING SOCIETY: CHINESE COMMUNISM, FROM 1920
155(94)
1 Chaos, Confusion, and Civil War, 1920-1949
158(32)
2 Winning Hearts and Minds
190(12)
3 "Dare to Act": Restructuring Society and the Economy, from 1949
202(22)
4 Marriage, Women, and the Family
224(13)
5 China and Other Countries, from 1949
237(12)
Glossary 249(6)
Index 255(7)
Acknowledgments 262

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