Contents: Old China and the new republic.--The passing of Yuan Shih-Kai.--The war and China.--Last year of war and aftermath.

This complete set of the works of Luo Jialun were kindly donated by Professor and Mrs. F.Y. Wu 伍法岳, 張青芝.

In the name of society -- Toward modernity -- The contested nation -- Privileging labor -- The riddle of mobilization.

Contents: Foreword -- Introduction: China, from empire to nation -- The Opium War -- The Taiping rebellion -- The period of imitation of western methods -- The reform movement: the first step -- The reaction to the reform movement -- Revival of the reform movement -- The struggle between the revolutionary and the constitutional movements -- Revolutionary versus constitutional movement, 1908 to 1911 -- The overthrow of the Manchu government and the establishment of the Republic of China -- The struggle between the Kuomintang and the Peiyang military clique -- Monarchical and antimonarchical movements -- Internal dissension of the Peiyang military clique, and the war lords in South China -- A federal government movement and melee among the war lords -- Reorganization of the Kuomintang and the end of the Peiyang war lords.