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Book Synopsis
The leading textbook by the leading scholar.

Table of Contents
Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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 (new chapter to this edition)

The Search for Modern China 3e

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/05/2013
      ISBN13: 9780393934519, 978-0393934519
      ISBN10: 0393934519

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The leading textbook by the leading scholar.

      Table of Contents
      Part 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

      Part 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

      Part 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

      Part 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

      Part 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 (new chapter to this edition)

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