China A History

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
About the Chinese Characters
List of Maps
Introduction: THE LAY OF THE LAND AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE
	The Lay of the Land
	People and Provinces
	Villages, Towns, and Cities
	The Origins of the Chinese People
	Neolithic Cultures and the  Beginnings of Chinese Civilization
	Multiple Centers of Culture
	Yangshao Culture
	Longshan Culture
	Conclusion
	Notes
ÿþP
	Chapter 1: From Myth to History
	Chapter 2: The Age of Fighting and Philosophy
	Chapter 3: From Feudal States to Bureaucratic Empire
	Chapter 4: The Decline and Fall of Eastern Civilization
Part II: Cultural Interactions and Transformation, 220-1368
	Chapter 5: The Age of Warriors and Buddhists
	Chapter 6: A Multi-Ethnic Empire
	Chapter 7: Competing Suns in Heaven
	Chapter 8: China in the Mongol Empire
Part III: A New Confucian Empire, 1368-1911
	Chapter 9: A Model Government For the Ages
	Chapter 10: Wealth and Instability
	Chapter 11: A Manchu Empire
	Chapter 12: The Qing Dynasty\'s 19th-Century Crises
Part IV: The Road to Wealth and Power, 1911-Present
	Chapter 13: Struggling to Build a Nation
		The 1911 Revolution
		Yuan Shikai and the Warlords
		The New Culture Movement
		ÿþC
		The Communist Party, the Guomindang,  and the First United Front
		The Political Parties, the Masses,  and the May Thirtieth Movement
	Chapter 14: Years of Turmoil
		The Northern Expedition
		The Nanjing Decade
		ÿþT
		Japanese Imperialism in the Nanjing Decade
		Nationalists and Communists in the  War of Resistance Against Japan
		Art and Literature Go to War
		ÿþA
		The Civil War, 1945-49
		Notes
	Chapter 15: The People\'s Republic of China
		The Communist Party, the Chinese State,  and Mass Movements
		ÿþR
		ÿþB
		ÿþR
		From Recovery to Cultural Revolution
		The Red Guard Generation: From Revolution to Disillusion
		The Legacy of the Mao Era
		Notes
	Chapter 16: The March Toward Wealth and Power
		The Reformists Take Power
		ÿþB
		The Student and Worker Demonstrations of 1989
		Deepening Reform, Transforming Everyday Life
		The Trouble with Reform
		China on the Global Stage
		Conclusion
		Notes
Further Readings
Text and Illustration Credits
Index
Cover
China A History by Harold Miles Tanner (z-lib.org)