China : A New History, Second Enlarged Edition

John King Fairbank Was The West's Doyen On China, And This Book Is The Full And Final Expression Of His Lifelong Engagement With This Vast Ancient Civilization. It Remains A Masterwork Without Parallel. The Distinguished Historian Merle Goldman Brings The Book Up To Date, Covering Reforms In The Post-mao Period Through The Early Years Of The Twenty-first Century, Including The Leadership Of Hu Jintao. She Also Provides An Epilogue Discussing The Changes In Contemporary China That Will Shape The Nation In The Years To Come. Introduction. Approaches To Understanding China's History -- Pt. 1. Rise And Decline Of The Imperial Autocracy -- 1. Origins : The Discoveries Of Archaeology -- 2. The First Unification : Imperial Confucianism -- 3. Reunification In The Buddhist Age -- 4. China's Greatest Age : Northern And Southern Song -- 5. The Paradox Of Song China And Inner Asia -- 6. Government In The Ming Dynasty -- 7. The Qing Success Story -- Pt. 2. Late Imperial China, 1600-1911 -- 8. The Paradox Of Growth Without Development -- 9. Frontier Unrest And The Opening Of China -- 10. Rebellion And Restoration -- 11. Early Modernization And The Decline Of Qing Power -- 12. The Republican Revolution, 1901-1916 -- Pt. 3. The Republic Of China, 1912-1949 -- 13. The Quest For A Chinese Civil Society -- 14. The Nationalist Revolution And The Nanjing Government -- 15. The Second Coming Of The Chinese Communist Party -- 16. China's War Of Resistance, 1937-1945 -- 17. The Civil War And The Nationalists On Taiwan -- Pt. 4. The People's Republic Of China -- 18. Establishing Control Of State And Countryside -- 19. The Great Leap Forward, 1958-1960 -- 20. The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- 21. The Post-mao Reform Era / By Merle Goldman -- Epilogue. China At The Start Of The Twenty-first Century / By Merle Goldman. John King Fairbank And Merle Goldman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 473-528) And Indexes. Contents......Page 8 Preface to the Enlarged Edition......Page 16 Preface to the Original Edition......Page 18 Introduction: Approaches to Understanding China’s History......Page 22 Part one Rise and Decline of the Imperial Autocracy......Page 48 1. Origins: The Discoveries of Archaeology......Page 50 2. The First Unification: Imperial Confucianism......Page 67 3. Reunification in the Buddhist Age......Page 93 4. China’s Greatest Age: Northern and Southern Song......Page 109 5. The Paradox of Song China and Inner Asia......Page 129 6. Government in the Ming Dynasty......Page 149 7. The Qing Success Story......Page 164 Part two Late Imperial China, 1600–1911......Page 184 8. The Paradox of Growth without Development......Page 188 9. Frontier Unrest and the Opening of China......Page 208 10. Rebellion and Restoration......Page 227 11. Early Modernization and the Decline of Qing Power......Page 238 12. The Republican Revolution, 1901–1916......Page 256 Part three The Republic of China, 1912–1949......Page 276 13. The Quest for a Chinese Civil Society......Page 278 14. The Nationalist Revolution and the Nanjing Government......Page 300 15. The Second Coming of the Chinese Communist Party......Page 315 16. China’s War of Resistance, 1937–1945......Page 333 17. The Civil War and the Nationalists on Taiwan......Page 352 Part four The People’s Republic of China......Page 364 18. Establishing Control of State and Countryside......Page 366 19. The Great Leap Forward, 1958–1960......Page 389 20. The Cultural Revolution, 1966–1976......Page 404 21. The Post-Mao Reform Era......Page 427 Epilogue: China at the Start of the Twenty-first Century......Page 478 Note on Romanization and Citation......Page 493 Suggested Reading......Page 494 Publisher’s Note......Page 550 Illustration Credits......Page 552 Author Index......Page 556 General Index......Page 566 A broad history of China, covering the period from the earliest archaeological records to the present. Updated by Merle Goldman from the original 1992 edition in order to include the reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come