Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976

An important contribution to the reference literature on China, this historical dictionary covers the entire revolutionary period in China. Although existing biographical dictionaries focus on the twentieth century, the Chinese revolutionary movements began in the early nineteenth century. China's defeat in the Opium War (1839-1842) set the conditions for the rise of revolutionary movements, the first being the Taiping Christian Revolution of 1851-1864. Sun Yat-sen's Republican Revolution began in the late nineteenth century and was followed by the Communist Revolution during the second half of the twentieth century. With the Socialist transformation under Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese entered another revolutionary stage. The death of Mao and the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 conclude the time period covered in this dictionary.

The entries in this volume provide concise accounts and profiles of the people, events, ideas, and other factors that played a role throughout the revolutionary period including sources of additional information. The Dictionary also includes a general bibliography and chronology that provides an overview of the period covered. Cross-references and a full subject index provide access to the material.

List of contents

Preface
The Dictionary
Chronology of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976
Bibliography
Select Glossary
Index

About the author

EDWIN PAK-WAH LEUNG is Professor of Asian Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Graduate Program at Seton Hall University. He has published over ten books, including Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976 (Greenwood, 1992) and Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War (2001).

Product details

• Authors: Edwin Leung, Leung Edwin
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.1992
• EAN: 9780313264573
• ISBN: 978-0-313-26457-3
• No. of pages: 584
• Weight: 964 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, world history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Reference works, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Asian History, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions