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v Maps vi Tables and Graphs vi To the Reader vii Chinese Names viii Romanization and Pronunciation of Chinese Words viii CHAPTER 1 THE FAMILY, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN IMPERIAL CHINA, 1 600 B.C.E. TO A.D. 1900 1 Daughters 4 2 Sons 19 3 Parents and Children 36 4 Foundations of Chinese Thinking 45 5 China and the Outside World 56 CHAPTER 2 CIVILIZATIONS IN COLLISION: CHINA IN TRANSITION, 1750–1920 75 1 The Celestial Empire and the Outside World, 1750–1793 78 2 China, Britain, and Opium, 1839–1842 92 3 Foreign Encroachment in China, 1842–1911 109 4 Domestic Strife, 1850–1873 123 5 Reform and Revolution, 1890–1920 138 CHAPTER 3 TRANSFORMING SOCIETY: CHINESE COMMUNISM, FROM 1920 155 1 Chaos, Confusion, and Civil War, 1920–1949 158 2 Winning Hearts and Minds 190 3 “Dare to Act”: Restructuring Society and the Economy, from 1949 202 4 Marriage, Women, and the Family 224 5 China and Other Countries, from 1949 237 Glossary 249 Index 255 Acknowledgments 262 Contents ...

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