Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Nation, governance, and modernity in China Nation, governance, and modernity in China Michael Tsin,Michael T.W. Tsin,Michael Tsang-Woon Tsin 276 p. : 24 cm OL11625177W
The great Chinese revolution, 1800-1985 The great Chinese revolution, 1800-1985 John King Fairbank Copied from "Amazon" Editorial Reviews Review A masterful account of China's long and turbulent quest for modernity."-- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.A"A fresh and significant work of synthesis: it is fi… OL1355280W
Shanghai = Shanghai = Shanghai bo wu guan Very interesting read on a very interesting city. OL15352459W
Tiger Head, Snake Tails Tiger Head, Snake Tails Jonathan Fenby There have been a plethora of books on China in recent years. Authors have forecast the coming collapse of the People's Republic or looked to the day when it will rule the world. So why another book … OL16794107W
Tiger Head, Snake Tails Tiger Head, Snake Tails Jonathan Fenby There have been a plethora of books on China in recent years. Authors have forecast the coming collapse of the People's Republic or looked to the day when it will rule the world. So why another book … OL16797342W
The tragedy of liberation The tragedy of liberation Frank Dikötter **From Amazon:** "The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and jus… OL17050298W
The Worlds First Swat Team. W E Fairbairn and the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit The Worlds First Swat Team. W E Fairbairn and the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit Leroy Thompson William E. Fairbairn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Fairbairn (Wikipedia). It is stated he joined the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) in 1907. During his service with the International P… OL17448217W
China under Mao China under Mao Andrew G. Walder China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise a… OL17600296W
Red Star Over China Red Star Over China Edgar Snow The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao?s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March… OL1774434W
China's Long March China's Long March Jean Fritz Describes the events of the 6,000 mile march undertaken by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers as they retreated before the forces of Chiang Kai-shek. OL1931421W
City of devils City of devils French, Paul 1930s Shanghai could give Chicago a run for its money. In the years before the Japanese invaded, the city was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fasc… OL19748057W
Manchu princess, Japanese spy Manchu princess, Japanese spy Phyllis Birnbaum "Kawashima Yoshiko (1906-1948) was an enigmatic Manchu princess whose life mirrored in many ways Japanese-Chinese relations in the first half of the 20th century. She was born into the Qing dynasty i… OL20002716W
The Long March The Long March Sun Shuyun Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March.In 1934, the fledgling Communist Party and its 200,000 strong armies were forced out of their bases by Chiang Kaishek and… OL263227W
Wuhan, 1938 Wuhan, 1938 Stephen R. MacKinnon During the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For ten remarkable months, in a … OL5268929W
Zhongguo hao nü ren Zhongguo hao nü ren Xinran When I finished reading-I felt my soul had been altered' Amy TanFor eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about th… OL6026235W
Modern China Modern China Graham Hutchings "In Modern China Graham Hutchings offers a timely and useful reference guide to the people, places, ideas, and events crucial to an understanding of this rising power. The focus is on society and pol… OL8275548W
Choosing Revolution Choosing Revolution Helen Praeger Young "Some two thousand women participated in the Long March, but their experience of this seminal event in the history of Communist China is rarely represented. In Choosing Revolution, Helen Praeger Youn… OL9180315W
Fuzhou Protestants and the Making of a Modern China, 1857-1927 Fuzhou Protestants and the Making of a Modern China, 1857-1927 Ryan Dunch "In this examination of Chinese Protestants and their place in the history of modern China, Ryan Dunch focuses on the Fuzhou area of southeast China from the mid-nineteenth century until 1927, when a… OL9229485W