China: A Modern History

by Michael Dillon

Overview

In this complete guide to modern China, Michael Dillon takes students through its social, political and economic changes, from the Qing Empire, through the civil war and the Communist state, to its incarnation as a hybrid capitalist superpower.
Key features of the new edition include:
- A brand new chapter on the Xi Jinping premiership
- Coverage of the recent developments in Hong Kong
- Unique analysis of Tibet and Xinjiang
- Teaching aides including biographies of leading figures, timelines and a glossary
Clearly and compelling written, this textbook is essential for any student of the history or politics of modern China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780755601851
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/12/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.51(h) x 1.07(d)

About the Author

Michael Dillon is Professor of History and Affiliate of the Lau China Centre, King's College London, UK. He was Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in 2009 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Royal Asiatic Society. He was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire
2. China and the West: The Road to the Opium War
3. Taiping, Nain and Muslim Uprisings (1850-1884)
4. Restoration and Colonisation (1861-1884)
5. Boxer Rising and Imperial Decline (1899-1911)
6. The Struggle for the Republic of China (1911-1916)
7. May Fourth Movement, Communists and Nationalists (1917-1924)
8. Northern Expedition and United Front (1923-1927)
9. Nanjing Expedition and Long March (11927-1937)
10. Japanese Invasion, Second United Front and Civil war (1937-1949)
Interlude
11. Liberation and People's Republic of China (1949-1954)
12. Agriculture, Industry, Marriage Reform and the Intelligentsia (1950-1965)
13. Great Leap Forward (1958-1965)
14. Cultural Revolution (1966-1980)
15. Modernising and Opening China
16. Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia
17. Hong Kong and Taiwan
18. China after Deng Xiaoping
19. Xi Jinping and the New Authoritarianism
Biographical notes
Further reading
Index

Editorial Reviews

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 'an indispensable introduction to modern Chinese history.'” —CHOICE

“Michael Dillon has produced a comprehensive and admirably balanced modern history of China that is accessible to newcomers and in its attendance to nuance has much for specialists as well. The culmination of a long career studying this transformative period in China's history, this book is an essential companion for students of China of all levels of experience. It takes readers carefully and with great verve on a near 200 year jourbaney from China's traumatic first encounter with foreign imperial aggression to the country's re-emergence as a great global power” —Dr Jonathan Sullivan, University of Nottingham, UK

“Covering the period between the 19th century and the present, this book provides a lucid account of modern Chinese history and all its political struggles.” —Professor Dominic Sachsenmaier, Göttingen University, Germany

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