Contents

Prologue

Volume I

Introduction: China prior to the Twentieth Century

Chapter One 1900–1912: The Era of Transformation

Chapter Two 1912–1927: Disarrangements of Power and New Intellectual Trends

Chapter Three 1927–1937: The First Decade of the National Government

Chapter Four 1937–1949: From the War of Resistance to Civil War

Chapter Five 1949–1953: A Confrontation between Two Regimes

Volume II

Chapter Six 1953–1957: The Politics and Economy of the People’s Republic of China

Chapter Seven 1958–1978: From the Great Leap Forward to Great Cultural Revolution

Chapter Eight 1978–1989: Reform and its Politics

Chapter Nine 1990–2002: Marketization Trends and Involvement in Globalization

Chapter Ten 2003–2022: Towards a Structural Crisis

Epilogue