China: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1900-89

This topic is divided into five areas:

1. The Fall of the Qing, Warlordism and Chaos, 1900-34

1. China in the Early 20th Century
2. The Boxer Uprising and Self-Strengthening Reform
3. The 1911 Revolution
4. China Under the Warlords
5. The United Front

2. The Triumph of Mao and the CCP, 1934-49

1. The Long March, 1934-35
2. War with Japan 1937-1945
3. Civil War, 1945-1949

3. Change under Mao, 1949-63

1. Changes in Agriculture
2. Changes in Industry
3. Changes in the Role of Women
4. Political Changes
5. Influence of the Soviet Union

4. The Cultural Revolution and its Impact, 1965-76

1. Mao’s Motives for the Cultural Revolution
2. Key Features of the Cultural Revolution
3. Impact on China and Mao
4. Sino-Soviet Split

5. China, 1976-89

1. The Rise and Fall of the Gang of Four
2. Economic Change under Deng Xiaoping
3. Deng and Political Reform
4. Student Opposition and Tiananmen Square, 1986-9

Textbooks

• Sarah Moffat, China: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1900-89