The second edition of Modern Chinese History provides a concise narrative of Chinese history from the period 1644 to the present. Organized around the twin themes of Chinese cosmopolitanism and exceptionalism, it can easily supplement any history, international studies, cultural studies, or Asian studies course. It can also provide valuable background information necessary to understand contemporary Chinese politics, society, and economics. General readers wanting quickly to understand the collapse of the imperial system, the rise of Communism, and the role of China in our contemporary world will welcome this eminently readable text.
Price: $17.00
Pages: 108
Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
Imprint: Association for Asian Studies
Publication Date:
22 September 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780924304903
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World
DAVID KENLEY is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Dakota State University. Formerly Professor of Chinese History at Elizabethtown College, he is committed to the concept of the scholar-teacher. Kenley’s research interests focus on Chinese migration. His publications include New Culture in a New World: The May Fourth Movement and the Chinese Diaspora, 1919–1932 as well as Contested Community: Identities, Spaces, and Hierarchies of the Chinese in the Cuban Republic (with Miriam Herrera Jerez and Mario Castillo Santana). Currently he is researching Western peacemaking activities in early twentieth-century China.
About the Author / vii
List of Illustrations / xi
Acknowledgments / xiii
Editor’s Introduction / xv
Timeline of Modern Chinese History / xvii
Map of Asia / xix
1. Establishing the Qing / 1
2. Cross-Cultural Conflicts during the Qing / 13
3. Society during the Qing / 21
4. The Collapse of the Qing / 31
5. The Republican Era / 39
6. Total War / 49
7. The Turbulent 1950s and 1960s / 59
8. The Post-Mao Era / 67
Notes / 79
Glossary / 83
Suggestions for Further Reading / 87
