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This is the second of two volumes of this authoritative history which
review the Republican period. The titanic drama of the Chinese Revolution is
one of the major world events of modern times. The fifteen authors of this
volume are pioneers in its exploration and analysis, and their text is designed
to meet the needs of non-specialist readers. After a preliminary overview
stressing economic and social history, the History presents a narrative of
events in China's foreign relations to 1931, and in the political history of
the Nationalist government and its Communist opponents from 1927 to 1937.
Subsequent chapters analyse key governmental, educational and literary -
offering critical appraisal of the major achievements and problems in each of
these areas. Finally, the volume examines China's war of resistance, the civil
war to 1949, and the portentous development of the thought of Mao Tse-tung
before coming to power. International scholars and sinologists discuss culture, economic growth,
social change, political processes, and foreign influences in China since the
earliest pre-dynastic period.
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