Over the course of China's twentieth century, the dynastic system crumbled; the traditional
literati-gentry elite disappeared; state–society relations were transformed several times; …

Contemporary China can only be understood in relation to its recent past. During the half
century before 1950, Chinese history was marked both by the vigorous per sistence of …

This is the result of a collaborative effort between scholars from Europe, Asia, and the US.
The book argues that the central underlying theme of China's development trajectory in the …

The year 1949 no longer marks an insuperable divide separating one field of history from
another, or separating history from other disciplines at a point marking the founding of the …

As one of history's most horrific political upheavals, the Cultural Revolution began in 1966,
when the Chinese Communist Party officially launched the radical movement on the orders …

China's Political System provides a concise introduction to the political, economic, and
social factors that determine China's government. Highly respected specialist June Teufel …

With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901-1911), abolition of the civil service examination
(1905), and the end of the monarchy (1912), the first three decades of the twentieth century …

The Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800-1949) offers a concise but comprehensive
examination of the political, military, economic, social, and cultural development of modern …

The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600–1950 offers an historical analysis of the
formation of the modern Chinese state from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth …

In the new millennium all eyes are on China, which many believe has the potential in the
near future to rise to world prominence as a political leader and an economic powerhouse …