Modern Chinese History: A Basic Bibliography

This bibliography is meant to provide a quick reference for scholars and students working in the field of modern Chinese history. While by no means exhaustive, it represents what we feel are some of the best works in the field for each particular subject. It was most recently updated in July, 2001.

Table of Contents

The Qing (1644-1911)

• Manchu rule and ethnicity
• Government
• State and society
• Economy
• Elites
• Scholarship and Culture
• Urban Society
• Women and family
• Religion and Popular Culture
• Opium Wars
• Foreign Relations, Imperialism, and Trade
• Missionaries
• Peasant Rebellion and Collective Violence
• Facing the West: The State Response
• Facing the West: The Intellectual Response
• 1911 Revolution

Republican China (1912-1949)

• Warlords
• Economy
• Urban Society
• Rural Reform
• Education
• Labor
• Nationalism and Intellectualism
• Nationalism and Protest
• Literature and Culture
• Science
• State and society
• The Guomindang
• The Chinese Communist Party
• War of Resistance
• Civil War and Communist Revolution
• U.S.-China Relations

People's Republic of China (1949-present)

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