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The rise of modern China, Immanuel C.Y. Hsü

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The rise of modern China

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Immanuel C.Y. Hsü

A conceptual framework of modern China -- The rise and splendor of the Ch'ing empire -- Political and economic institutions -- Social and intellectual conditions -- Foreign relations -- The turn of dynastic fortune: from prosperity to decline -- The canton system of trade -- The Opium War -- The second treaty settlement -- The Taiping revolution and the Nien and Moslem Rebellions -- The dynastic revival and the self-strengthening movement -- Foreign relations and court politics 1861-80 -- Foreign encroachment in Formosa, Sinkiang, and Annam --Acceleration of imperialism: the Japanese aggression in Korea and the "partitionof China" -- The reform movement of 1898 -- The boxer uprising 1900 -- Reform and constitutionalism at the end of the Ch'ing period -- Late Ch'ing intellectual, social and economic changes, with special reference to 1895-1911 -- The Ch'ing period in historical perspective -- Revolution, republic, and warlordism -- The intellectual revolution, 1917-23 -- National unification amidst ideological ferment and anti-imperialistic agitation --The nationalist government: a decade of challenges, 1928-37 -- The sino-Japanese war, 1937-45 -- The Civil War, 1945-49 -- The people's republic: its first decade -- The sino-Soviet split -- The great proletarian cultural revolution -- The fall of Lin Piaoand its aftermath -- China rejoins the international community -- The nationalist rule on Taiwan -- The smashing of the Gang of Four -- Teng Hsiao-p'ing and China's new order -- The normalization of relations between China and the United States -- The four modernizations -- The end of the Maoist age --Building socialism with Chinese characteristics -- China in transition, 1986-88: the cultural impact of the open-door policy -- Taiwan's "economic miracle" and the prospect for unification with mainland China -- The violent crackdown at T'ien-an-men Square, June 3-4, 1989 -- The Chinese model of development: quasi-capitalism in a political dictatorship