Rebellions and Revolutions

Jack Gray is Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Studies in Democratisation at the University of Warwick.

Review from previous edition formidable and informative history of modern China ... it should be adopted as a basic text. For example, the chapter on traditional society is a model presentation of an historical overview.

• List of Maps and Table ; Chronology ; Emperors of the Late Qing Dynasty ; The Imperial Examination System ; Notes on Chinese Names ; 1. The Traditional Society ; 2. The Opening of China ; 3. The Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 ; 4. Conflict with the Western Powers, 1843-1861 ; 5. The Self-Strengthening Movement ; 6. Reform and Revolution ; 7. The Chinese Economy ; 8. The War-lord Era ; 9. The Radicalization of Chinese Politics ; 10. The Rise of Chiang Kaishek ; 11. The Nationalist Regime, 1928-1937 ; 12. The Chinese Communist Party, 1927-1934 ; 13. The Chinese Communist Party, 1935-1949 ; 14. The Chinese People's Republic, 1949-1957 ; 15. The Great Leap Forward ; 16. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, I ; 17. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, II ; 18. China Since the Death of Mao ; 19. Reaction and Renewed Reform ; Conclusion: The Modernization of China ; Recommendations for Further Reading ; Index