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Republican China 1912–1949

Series The Cambridge History of China, Volume 12, Part 1

Edited by John K. Fairbank

Publication Date 1983

Hardback ISBN-10 0521235413

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521235419

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521235419

Overview

This is the first of two volumes of this authoritative Cambridge history which review the Republican period, between the demise of imperial China and the establishment of the People's Republic. These years from 1912 to 1949 were marked by civil war, revolution and invasion; but also by change and growth in the economic, social, intellectual and cultural spheres. The chapters in this volume represent new syntheses by leading scholars concerned with Republican China. They examine economic trends in the period and the rise of the new middle class. Intellectual trends are surveyed to show the changes in traditional Chinese values and the foreign influences which played a major role in Republican China. Political development and events are traced until 1928; and the second, companion volume will complete the historical coverage. An introduction by John K. Fairbank placed the period in the context of international trade and influence. Although it is written by specialists, the goals and approach of this Cambridge history are to explain and discuss republican China for an audience which will include scholars, students and general readers who do not have special knowledge of Chinese history. It will be useful both as narrative history and as a reference source on the history and politics of China.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see Republican China 1912–1949 in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of China Vol. 12, part 1: Republican China 1912–1949

Frontmatter

Introduction: Maritime and continental in China's history by John K. Fairbank

Economic trends, 1912–49 by Albert Feuerwerker

The foreign presence in China by Albert Feuerwerker

Politics in the aftermath of revolution: the era of Yuan Shih-k'ai, 1912–16 by Ernest P. Young

A constitutional republic: the Peking government, 1916–28 by Andrew J. Nathan

The warlord era: politics and militarism under the Peking government, 1916–28 by James E. Sheridan

Intellectual change: from the Reform movement to the May Fourth movement, 1895–1920 by Charlotte Furth

Themes in intellectual history: May Fourth and after by Benjamin I. Schwartz

Literary trends I: the quest for modernity, 1895–1927 by Leo Ou-Fan Lee

The Chinese Communist Movement to 1927 by Jerome Ch'en

The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923–28 by C. Martin Wilbur

The Chinese bourgeoisie, 1911–37 by Marie-Claire Bergère

Bibliographical essay

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