Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford illustrated history of modern China / edited by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.

Description

xi, 361 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm

Summary

• This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century'.
• "This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the 'Chinese century,' introducing readers to important but often overlooked events in China's past, such as the bloody Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), which had a death toll far higher than the roughly contemporaneous American Civil War. It also helps readers see more familiar landmarks in Chinese history in new ways, such as the Opium War (1839-1842), the Boxer Uprising of 1900, the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989. This is one of the first major efforts - and in many ways the most ambitious to date - to come to terms with the broad sweep of modern Chinese history, taking readers from the origins of modern China right up through the dramatic events of the last few years (the Beijing Games, the financial crisis, and China's rise to global economic pre-eminence) which have so fundamentally altered Western views of China and China's place in the world." -- Publisher's description

Alternative Title

Modern China

Subjects

• China
• China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• History
• China > History > 21st century
• 1644-2099
• China > History > 20th century
• Qing Dynasty (China)

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index.

Contents

A guide to pronouncing Romanized Chinese -- Introduction / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- From late Ming to the high Qing, 1550-1792 / Anne Gerritsen -- New domestic and global challenges, 1792-1860 / Stephen R. Platt -- Restoration and reform, 1860-1900 / Robert Bickers -- Felling a dynasty, founding a republic / Peter Zarrow -- The rise of nationalism and revolutionary parties / 1919-1937 / James Carter -- The war years, 1937-1949 / Rana Mitter -- The early years of the People's Republic, 1950-1964 / S. A. Smith -- The Cultural Revolution era, 1964-1976 / Richard Curt Kraus -- Reform and rebuilding, 1976-1988 / Timothy Cheek -- Tiananmen and its aftermath, 1989-1999 / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess -- China rising, 2000-2010 / William A. Callahan -- The presence of the past--a coda / Ian Johnson -- Timeline.

Call Number

JFF 16-1320

ISBN

• 0199683751
• 9780199683758

LCCN

2015949853

OCLC

925499976

Title

The Oxford illustrated history of modern China / edited by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index.

Chronological Term

1644-2099

Added Author

Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N., editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-1320