Table of Contents

List of maps

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements 

Introductory note: Chinese names and Chines geography

1.  The Chinese Past 

2.  The collapse of the old order 

3.  The Communist Party and the First United Front 

4.  The Nanjing decade, 1927-37 

5.  World war and Communist victory 

6.  The People's Republic of China, 1949-57 

7.  The Great Leap and the great split 

8.  The Cultural Revolution 

9.  The post-Mao reforms 

10. The era of Deng Xiaoping

11. The boom years

Suggestions for further reading 

Index   

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Edwin E. Moise