China At The Crossroads: Nationalists And Communists, 1927-1949

by F. Gilbert Chan (Editor)

Overview

Concentrating on a transitional epoch, 1927–1949, when China was at the crossroads of revolution, this book analyzes the Kuomintang's inherent weaknesses as a revolutionary force and the Communists' success in the quest for new formulas to guide the modernization movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429728488
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/08/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	408 KB

About the Author

Chan, F. Gilbert

Table of Contents

China at the Crossroads: Nationalists and Communists, 1927-1949 -- Introduction: China at the Crossroads, 1927-1949 -- The Nationalists, 1927-1937: A Case Study of Revolutionary Failure -- Factional Politics in Kuomintang China, 1928-1937: An Interpretation -- The New Life Movement before the Sino-Japanese Conflict: A Reflection of Kuomintang Limitations in Thought and Action -- Agrarian Reform in Nationalist China: The Case of Rent Reduction in Chekiang, 1927-1937 -- China's Vulnerability to Japanese Imperialism: The Anti-Japanese Boycott of 1931-1932 -- Sinking and Szechwan in the Era of Japanese Aggression -- Regionalism and Central Power: Sheng Shih-ts' ai in Sinkiang, 1933-1944 -- The Kuomintang and Rural China in the War of Resistance, 1937-1945 -- The Communists, 1927-1949: In Search of Revolutionary Models -- The Origins of Communist and Soviet Movements in China -- Chinese Communist Land Reform and Peasant Mobilization, 1946-1948