The awakening of China, 1793-1949 ; edited and translated [from the French] by Martin Kieffer.

Author: Pélissier, Roger.

Imprint:New York : Putnam, [1967, c1966].

Description532 p. : 16 plates (incl. ports.), maps, table ; 22 cm.

Note:Originally published as La Chine entre en scène. Paris, R. Julliard, 1963.

Note:The Western "Barbarians" at the Doors of China -- The Opium War, 1839-42 -- The T'AI P'ING Rebellion, 1851-64 -- The Anglo-French Expeditions, 1856-64 -- The Era of Viceroys, 1860-94 -- The Partition of China, 1894-1905 -- The End of the Chinese Empire, 1906-16 -- Between Anarchy and Reconquest, 1917-28 -- Victories of the Kuomintang, 1928-35 -- From Manchukuo to the "United Front", 1931-37 -- The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-45 -- Red China, 1935-45 -- The Collapse of the Kuomintang, 1945-49.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 521-526.

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