Chapter 2 An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century China
II. THE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE
Chapter 3 Three Manchu Emperors
Chapter 4 China’s Foreign Relations (1644-1839)
Chapter 5 Nineteenth-Century Strife
Chapter 6 Exploring Solutions (1861-1894)
Chapter 7 The End of Imperial Rule
III. STRUGGLES TO CREATE A UNIFIED CHINA (1911-1949)
OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE
Chapter 8 The Early Republican (1912-1916) and Warlord (1916-1928) Periods
Chapter 9 United Fronts: The Guomingdang vs. the Communists (1921-1937)
Chapter 10 Challenges to Tradition in the Early Republic
Chapter 11 China-Occupied and Splintered (1937-1945)
Chapter 12 War Continues (1945-1949)
IV. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1949-2000)
OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE
Chapter 13 The Early Years of the People’s Republic of China (1949-1966)
Chapter 14 The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Chapter 15 Overtures Between East and West
Chapter 16 Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
V. CONTEMPORARY CHINA
OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE
Chapter 17 China Steps Back onto the World Stage
Chapter 18 The Consequences of Modernization
Chapter 19 Growing Up in China
Chapter 20 The Challenges Ahead
