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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 | |