The Search For Modern China

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The leading textbook by the leading scholar. This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence’s highly successful introductory course at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of modern China to internal developments beginning in the early 17th century. Strong on social and political history, as well as Chinese culture and its intersections with politics, this paperback is a longstanding leader in the survey course on modern China. Contents Maps Tables Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments The Use of Pinyin I. Conquest and Consolidation 1 The Late Ming 2 The Manchu Conquest 3 Kangxi's Consolidation 4 Yongzheng’s Authority 5 Chinese Society and the Reign of Qianlong 6 China and the Eighteenth-Century World II. Fragmentation and Reform 7 The First Clash with the West 8 The Crisis Within 9 Restoration through Reform 10 New Tensions in the Late Qing 11 The End of the Dynasty III. Envisioning State and Society 12 The New Republic 13 “A Road Is Made” 14 The Fractured Alliance 15 The Guomindang in Power 16 Communist Survival IV. War and Revolution 17 World War II 18 The Fall of the Guomindang State 19 The Birth of the People’s Republic 20 Planning the New Society 21 Deepening the Revolution 22 Cultural Revolution V. Re-Entering the World 23 Reopening the Doors 24 Redefining Revolution 25 Levels of Power 26 Testing the Limits 27 Century’s End 28 Breakthrough? Notes and Permissions Further Readings Glossary Illustration Credits A Note on the Calligraphy Index