Modernization and Revolution in China

by Grasso; June M.

• ISBN13: 9780765614476
• ISBN10: 0765614472
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Now revised and updated in a third edition, this important text dramatizes China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and enduring history. Covering the period from the Opium War to the early twenty-first century, the authors narrate the tale of that journey: the breakdown of imperial China in the face of relentless Western and Japanese encroachments; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the early struggles between the ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's bitter and costly war with Japan; the final battle that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; and the years of the People's Republic. This edition includes coverage of the tenure of Jiang Zemin and of U.S.-China relations, with special emphasis on China's role in the Gulf wars, North Korea, and the war on terrorism. China's economic progress and the impact of the SARS outbreak are also discussed. This book is essential for understanding China in the modern era. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Michael Kort is professor of social science at Boston University's College of General Studies. Jay P. Corrin is professor and chairman, division of social science at Boston University's College of General Studies. June Grasso is associate professor of social science at Boston University's College of General Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
A Note on the Pronunciation of Chinese Names	xiii
1. The Middle Kingdom	3	(7)
2. Patterns of Traditional Chinese Life	10	(24)
3. Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion	34	(37)
4. The New Chinese Republic	71	(26)
5. Nationalists and Communists	97	(26)
6. China at War	123	(20)
7. Creating the New Order: 1949-1957	143	(36)
8. The Great Leap and the Bad Fall	179	(29)
9. The Cultural Revolution	208	(33)
10. A Second Revolution: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping	241	(22)
11. The Era of Jiang Zemin	263	(41)
12. The "Fourth Generation"	304	(19)
Notes	323	(10)
Suggested Readings	333	(6)
Index	339	(15)
About the Authors	354