PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction, Framework and Definitions

2. Nineteenth-Century Background

PART TWO: CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION, CHRONOLOGICAL TREATMENT

3. The End of the Qing Period, 1900-11

4. The Revolution of Sun Yat-sen

5. Warlords, New Culture, 1916-28

6. The Nationalist Movement and Revolution

7. The Nanjing Decade, 1927-37

8. The Chinese Communist Party

9. The War against Japan

10. Post-War China, The Civil War

PART THREE: THEMES OF CHANGE

11. Aspects of Society: Family and Women, Religion and Secular Ideology

12. Education and the Student Movement

13. Literature and Theatre

PART FOUR: CONCLUSION

14. Conclusion and Evaluation

PART FIVE: DOCUMENTS

One of the most accessible guides to the history of modern China.

Colin Mackerras is Professor Emeritus at the Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia