“…The library of Liberal Arts…”

Sadržaj: “…Foreword -- Understanding China's revolution -- Part I: Late imperial China: growth and change, 1800-1895 -- The Manchu rulers' outlook from Peking -- Some theoretical approaches -- The growth of commerce before the treaty period -- Problems within Chinese society -- The western intrusion -- Efforts at modernization -- Part II: The transformation of the late imperial order, 1895-1911 -- Reform and reaction -- The genesis of the revolution of 1911 -- Part III: The era of the first Chinese republic, 1912-1949 -- The early Chinese Republic and its problems -- The new culture and Sino-liberal education -- The nationalist revolution and the first KMT-CCP united front -- Nationalists and communists, 1927-1937 -- The war of resistance and civil war, 1937-1949 -- Part IV: The Chinese People's Republic, 1949-1985 -- Creating the new state -- The great leap forward and its consequences -- Mao's great proletarian cultural revolution -- New directions: Deng Hsiao-p'ing's reforms -- Perspectives.…”

Sadržaj: “…The phase of conservatism 1815 -- 1830. The liberal revolutions of 1830 -- 1833. The economic revolution 1830 -- 1848. …”