Meskill, J. History of China

Aspects of Chinese civilization: Fried, M.H. China: an anthropological overview. Chang, K-C. Chinese archaeology. Li, C-T. Chinese art. Chen, N-R. Economic structure of traditional China. Hou, C-M. Economic trends in modern China. Murphey, R.A geographical view of China. Hucker, C.O. Political institutions. Chu, Y-K. The Chinese language. Watson, B. Chinese literature. Yang, C.K. The role of religion in Chinese society

1. A Conceptual Framework of Modern China

I. The Persistence of Traditional Institutions, 1600-1800.

2. The Rise and Splendor of the Ch'ing Empire.

3. Political and Economic Institutions.

4. Social and Intellectual Conditions.

5. Foreign Relations.

6. The Turn of Dynastic Fortune: From Prosperity to Decline

II. Foreign Aggression and Domestic Rebellions, 1800-1864.

7. The Canton System of Trade.

8. The Opium War.

9. The Second Treaty Settlement.

10. The Taiping Revolution and the Nien and Moslem Rebellions

III. Self-strengthening in an Age of Accelerated Foreign Imperialism, 1861-95.

11. The Dynastic Revival and the Self-strengthening Movement.

12. Foreign Relations and Court Politics, 1861-80.

13. Foreign Encroachment in Formosa, Sinkiang, and Annam.

14. Acceleration of Imperialism: The Japanese Aggression in Korea and the "Partition of China"

IV. Reform and Revolution, 1898-1912.

15. The Reform Movement of 1898.

16. The Boxer Uprising, 1900.

17. Reform and Constitutionalism at the End of the Ch'ing Period.

18. Late Ch'ing Intellectual, Social and Economic Changes, with Special Reference to 1895-1911.

19. The Ch'ing Period in Historical Perspective. 20. Revolution, Republic, and Warlordism

V. Ideological Awakening and the War of Resistance, 1917-45.

21. The Intellectual Revolution, 1917-23.

22. National Unification Amidst Ideological Ferment and Anti-imperialistic Agitation.

23. The Nationalist Government: A Decade of Challenges, 1928-37.

24. The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-45

VI. The Rise of the Chinese People's Republic.

25. The Civil War, 1945-49.

26. The People's Republic: Its First Decade.

27. The Sino-Soviet Split.

28. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

29. The Fall of Lin Piao and Its Aftermath.

30. China Rejoins the International Community.

31. The Nationalist Rule on Taiwan

VII. China After Mao: The Search for a New Order.

32. The Smashing of the Gang of Four.

33. Teng Hsiao-p'ing and China's New Order.

34. The Normalization of Relations Between China and the United States.

35. The Four Modernizations.

36. The End of the Maoist Age.

37. Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.

38. China In Transition, 1986-88: The Cultural Impact of the Open-Door Policy.

39. Taiwan's "Economic Miracle" and the Prospect for Unification with Mainland China.

40. The Violent Crackdown at T'ien-an-men Square, June 3-4, 1989.

41. The Chinese Model of Development: Quasi-capitalism in a Political Dictatorship

Appendix I. Chinese Personal Names, Places, and Terms mentioned in part VII in both Wade-Giles and Pinyin Systems

Appendix II. Hanyu Pinyin/Wade-Giles Conversion Table