Twentieth century China : a history in documents / R. Keith Schoppa.
2004
DS773.89 .S36 2004 (Mapit)
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Twentieth century China : a history in documents / R. Keith Schoppa.
Author
Schoppa, R. Keith, 1943-
ISBN
0195147456 (alk. paper)
9780195147452 (alk. paper)
9780195147452 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Language
English
Description
222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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DS773.89 .S36 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
951.05
Summary
In its period of slow decline from the late 18th into the early 20th century and throughout its 20th century revolution, one of the most important problems facing individual Chinese and China as a nation was choosing appropriate political, social, cultural, and economic identities as contexts and situations changed. This documentary history of 20th century China begins with the turn-of-the-century Boxer uprising to set the stage for understanding the choices at stake for 20th century Chinese. It then focuses on the always-dramatic choices of identity that have continually confronted the Chinese. In many cases these choices have meant life or death. Above all, this is a story of the people whose choices propelled modern Chinese history. It is a dramatic tale, often bloody and violent, alternately soaring with hope and plunging into bleak despair. It compels our interest because of its importance for the world today; because it is one of world history's greatest revolutions; and because it provides an extraordinarily interesting study of the processes that an ancient culture undergoes in transforming itself into that which we call "modern."Twentieth-Century China: A History in Documents uses an exceptional range of primary sources, including government edicts, political cartoons, poetry, political manifestos, essays, fiction, magazine covers and advertisements, wills, trial transcripts, speeches, statistics, press releases, and even Chinese rock lyrics. The entire book is profusely illustrated with graphics that themselves serve as documents, and there is also a picture essay. Back matter will include a chronology, further reading, and index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Pages from history.
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An old world dies; a new one is born
The slide into chaos
Forming a new culture: the May Fourth movement
Which way do we go?: revolution in the 1920s
The Nanjing decade
Communist resurgence
China at war: the fight against Japan
Civil war
The Mao years
The cult of Mao Zedong
"To get rich is glorious": the reforms of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin
Political authoritarianism
China and the world at the turn of the century.
The slide into chaos
Forming a new culture: the May Fourth movement
Which way do we go?: revolution in the 1920s
The Nanjing decade
Communist resurgence
China at war: the fight against Japan
Civil war
The Mao years
The cult of Mao Zedong
"To get rich is glorious": the reforms of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin
Political authoritarianism
China and the world at the turn of the century.