ABSTRACT
This book attempts to illuminate some of the trends and conditions in China just prior to, and at the time of the Communist takeover. The conditions that existed just prior to 1949 provided the immediate starting point, the base line, from which the Chinese Communists, once in power, embarked upon their tremendous political, economic, and social t
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|85 pages
Disintegration: Nationalist China’s Urban Base
part II|54 pages
Stagnation: Nationalist China’s Rural Hinterland
part III|157 pages
Fragmentation: Warlords, Borderlands, and Political Disunity
part IV|52 pages
Communist Takeover