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| List of maps | |
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| List of illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introductory note: Chinese names and Chinese geography | |
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| Writing Chinese names | |
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| Regional geography | |
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| The Chinese past | |
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| The birth of China | |
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| Confucianism | |
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| Legalism | |
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| Daoism | |
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| The unification of China | |
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| The coming of Buddhism | |
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| The later dynasties | |
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| Government and society under the Qing | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The collapse of the old order | |
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| The first Western impact | |
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| Internal problems | |
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| Foreign pressure increases | |
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| The Revolution of 1911 | |
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| Yuan Shikai and the warlord era | |
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| The May Fourth Movement and the New Culture Movement | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The Communist Party and the First United Front | |
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| The coming of Communism | |
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| The First United Front | |
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| The Communist-Guomindang split | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The Nanjing decade, 1927-37 | |
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| The Guomindang government at Nanjing | |
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| The Jiangxi Soviet | |
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| The Long March | |
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| The Japanese threat | |
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| The Second United Front | |
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| Study questions | |
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| World war and Communist victory | |
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| The war begins | |
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| Communism, nationalism, and the 'New Democracy' | |
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| Chiang and the United States | |
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| The 'Dixie Mission' | |
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| The Japanese surrender | |
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| The return to land reform | |
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| The final Communist victory | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The People's Republic of China, 1949-57 | |
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| Reform in the countryside | |
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| Into the cities | |
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| The transition to socialism | |
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| Ideological remoulding and the 'Hundred Flowers' | |
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| The international position of the PRC | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The Great Leap and the great split | |
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| The Great Leap Forward | |
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| The Sino-Soviet split | |
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| Problems along the borders | |
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| Dispute in Beijing | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The Cultural Revolution | |
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| 1966: 'To rebel is justified!' | |
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| The years of chaos: 1967-68 | |
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| The initial results | |
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| Aftermath: 1969-76 | |
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| Left and Right | |
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| International relations | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The post-Mao reforms | |
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| The deaths of Zhou and Mao | |
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| The question of individual freedom | |
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| China and the world | |
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| Economic reforms | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The era of Deng Xiaoping | |
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| The background to the democracy movement | |
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| Tiananmen | |
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| Politics after Tiananmen | |
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| Foreign relations | |
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| Hong Kong and Taiwan | |
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| Facing the future: population pressures | |
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| Study questions | |
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| The boom years | |
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| Economic reform once again | |
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| Money to spend | |
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| Massive inequalities | |
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| A stable political system? | |
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| Foreign relations | |
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| Hong Kong and Taiwan | |
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| Issues of religion | |
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| Issues of freedom | |
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| China's prospects | |
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| Study questions | |
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| Suggestions for further reading | |
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| Index | |