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Research Guide for China's Response to the West (Hardcover): Ssu-yu Teng, John K. Fairbank Research Guide for China's Response to the West (Hardcover)
Ssu-yu Teng, John K. Fairbank
R1,808 Discovery Miles 18 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China (Hardcover, Reprint 2013 ed.): John K. Fairbank China (Hardcover, Reprint 2013 ed.)
John K. Fairbank
R1,477 R1,330 Discovery Miles 13 300 Save R147 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Public discussion of our China policy in recent months has emphasized the need for a historical view of the ancient "Middle Kingdom" (the Chinese name for China) and its modern revolution. Fairbank has been a leading witness before Congressional groups such as Senator Fulbright's Committee on Foreign Relations, where his testimony received worldwide attention. This volume presents the major themes of his testimony more fully by bringing together essays first published in various national journals, mainly in 1966.

The three parts of this book--"China's Revolution in the Light of Her Past," "The Taiwan Problem," and "Communist China and American Policy"--all bring a knowledge of China's long tradition to bear upon her present crisis. China's past still provides the main repertory of themes and styles, assumptions and methods, upon which her leaders draw in trying to meet their problems. Mao and his party are both circumscribed and inspired by the history of their Middle Kingdom. Although this history is by no means the sole determinant of their actions, it is the specific factor least well known, and therefore most illuminating, to Americans.

The importance and timeliness of these essays, the urgency of their subject matter, are plain enough. As Fairbank says, "We have to face the fact that the Chinese quarter of mankind live on the other side of a cultural gap, and our effort to bridge this gap in the next decade may make us or break us."

The Missionary Enterprise in China and America (Hardcover, Reprint 2013 ed.): John King. Fairbank The Missionary Enterprise in China and America (Hardcover, Reprint 2013 ed.)
John King. Fairbank; Edited by John K. Fairbank
R1,580 R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Save R147 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For more than a century missionaries were the main contact points between the Chinese and American peoples. Often frustrated in saving Chinese souls, they nevertheless founded hospitals and colleges, and meanwhile on the American scene they helped form the image of China.

This volume offers views of missionary roles in the United States and in China. Early American Protestant missions moved on from the Near East to the Far East. The second great surge of American missionary expansion in the 1880s was signaled by the formation of more business-like mission boards, by the Student Volunteer Movement to recruit liberal arts college graduates for evangelism abroad, and by the Layman's Movement to back them up. During the same period in China, missionary journalism was reaching a new Chinese-Christian community, and missionary educational and medical work was building modern institutions of social value for Chinese communities. A few "Christian reformers" emerged in China's treaty ports, and by the end of the century there was a missionary contribution to the reform movement in general.

By the 1920s missionary and Chinese Christian educators were collaborating in Christian colleges like Yenching University, only to meet eventual disaster as the Nationalist revolution and Japan's invasion precipitated the great Chinese Communist-led revolution of the 1940s and after. American missions contributed fundamentally both to the revolutionary changes in China and to the American public response to them, although their impact on American policy s less clear.

Fourteen contributors studying both sides of the missionary effort, in China and in America, present case studies that suggest conclusions and themes for research.

Chinese Ways in Warfare (Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.): Frank A Kierman, John K. Fairbank Chinese Ways in Warfare (Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.)
Frank A Kierman, John K. Fairbank
R1,855 Discovery Miles 18 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cambridge History of China: Volume 10, Late Ch'ing 1800-1911, Part 1 (Hardcover, Volume 10, Late Ch'ing... The Cambridge History of China: Volume 10, Late Ch'ing 1800-1911, Part 1 (Hardcover, Volume 10, Late Ch'ing 1800–1911)
John K. Fairbank
R3,532 Discovery Miles 35 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the decline of the Ch’ing empire. It opens with a survey of the Ch’ing empire in China and Inner Asia at its height, in about 1800. Modern China’s history begins with the processes recorded here of economic growth, social change and the deterioration of central government within China. Contributors to this volume study the complex interplay of foreign invasion, domestic rebellion and Ch’ing decline and restoration. Special reference is made to the Peking administration, the Canton trade and the early treaty system, the Taiping, Nien and other rebellions, and the dynasty’s survival in uneasy cooperation with the British, Russian, French, American and other invaders. Each chapter is written by a specialist from the international community of sinological scholars. Many of the accounts break new ground; all are based on fresh research. This volume has been designed both to be consulted as a work of reference and to be read continuously. No knowledge of Chinese is necessary; for readers with Chinese, proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary, and full references to Chinese, Japanese and other works are given in the bibliographies. Numerous maps illustrate the text, and there are a bibliographical essays describing the source materials on which each author’s account is based.

The Cambridge History of China: Volume 12, Republican China, 1912-1949, Part 1 (Hardcover, Volume 12, Republican China,... The Cambridge History of China: Volume 12, Republican China, 1912-1949, Part 1 (Hardcover, Volume 12, Republican China, 1912–1949)
John K. Fairbank
R3,885 Discovery Miles 38 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first of two volumes of this authoritative Cambridge history which review the Republican period, between the demise of imperial China and the establishment of the People’s Republic. These years from 1912 to 1949 were marked by civil war, revolution and invasion; but also by change and growth in the economic, social, intellectual and cultural spheres. The chapters in this volume represent new syntheses by leading scholars concerned with Republican China. They examine economic trends in the period and the rise of the new middle class. Intellectual trends are surveyed to show the changes in traditional Chinese values and the foreign influences which played a major role in Republican China. Political development and events are traced until 1928; and the second, companion volume will complete the historical coverage. An introduction by John K. Fairbank placed the period in the context of international trade and influence. Although it is written by specialists, the goals and approach of this Cambridge history are to explain and discuss republican China for an audience which will include scholars, students and general readers who do not have special knowledge of Chinese history. It will be useful both as narrative history and as a reference source on the history and politics of China.

The Cambridge History of China: Volume 13, Republican China 1912-1949, Part 2 (Hardcover, Volume 13, Republican China... The Cambridge History of China: Volume 13, Republican China 1912-1949, Part 2 (Hardcover, Volume 13, Republican China 1912–1949)
John K. Fairbank, Albert Feuerwerker
R3,897 Discovery Miles 38 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the second of two volumes of this authoritative history which review the Republican period. The titanic drama of the Chinese Revolution is one of the major world events of modern times. The fifteen authors of this volume are pioneers in its exploration and analysis, and their text is designed to meet the needs of non-specialist readers. After a preliminary overview stressing economic and social history, the History presents a narrative of events in China’s foreign relations to 1931, and in the political history of the Nationalist government and its Communist opponents from 1927 to 1937. Subsequent chapters analyse key governmental, educational and literary - offering critical appraisal of the major achievements and problems in each of these areas. Finally, the volume examines China’s war of resistance, the civil war to 1949, and the portentous development of the thought of Mao Tse-tung before coming to power.

The Cambridge History of China: Volume 14, The People's Republic, Part 1, The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1949-1965... The Cambridge History of China: Volume 14, The People's Republic, Part 1, The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1949-1965 (Hardcover, Volume 14, The People’s Republic)
Roderick MacFarquhar, John K. Fairbank
R3,529 Discovery Miles 35 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A century of revolutionary upheaval in China reached a climax in 1949 with the creation of the People's Republic. A central government had now gained full control of the Chinese mainland, thus achieving the national unity so long desired. Moreover, this central government was committed for the first time to the overall modernization of the nation's polity, economy, and society. This is the first of the two final volumes of The Cambridge History of China, which describe the efforts of the People's Republic of China to grapple with the problems of adaptation to modern times. Volume 14 deals with the achievements of the economic and human disasters of the new regime's first sixteen years (1949-65). Part I chronicles the attempt to adapt the Soviet model of development to China, and Part II covers the subsequent efforts of China's leaders to find native solutions that would provide more rapid and appropriate answers to China's problems. Each of the two parts of the volume analyzes the key issues and developments in the spheres of politics, economics, culture, education, and foreign relations. The contributors, all leading scholars of the period, show the interrelation of Chinese actions in all these spheres, and the describe how, gradually, events led to the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Tse-tung in 1966.

The Cambridge History of China: Volume 11, Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911, Part 2 (Hardcover, Volume 11, Late Ch'ing,... The Cambridge History of China: Volume 11, Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911, Part 2 (Hardcover, Volume 11, Late Ch'ing, 1800–1911)
John K. Fairbank, Kwang-Ching Liu
R3,867 Discovery Miles 38 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the second of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the gradual decline of the Ch’ing empire in China (the first was volume 10). Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late nineteenth century, and the profound stirring during that period, which led to China’s great twentieth-century revolution. The contributors focus on commercial and technological growth, foreign relations, the stimulation of Chinese intellectual life by the outside world, and military triumphs and disasters. The impact of Japan is emphasized and there is consideration of the movements of reform and revolution in the two decades before 1911. As the contributors to this volume show, the effects of the accelerating changes were to fragment the old ruling class and the ancient monarchy, finally bringing the Chinese people face to face with the challenges of the new century. Each chapter is written by a specialist from the international community of sinological scholars. Many of the accounts break new ground; all are based on fresh research. For readers with Chinese, proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary, and full references to Chinese, Japanese and other works are given in the bibliographies. Numerous maps illustrate the text, and there are bibliographical essay decribing the source materials on which each author’s account is based.

The Cambridge History of China: Volume 15, The People's Republic, Part 2, Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution,... The Cambridge History of China: Volume 15, The People's Republic, Part 2, Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution, 1966-1982 (Hardcover, New)
Roderick MacFarquhar, John K. Fairbank
R3,898 Discovery Miles 38 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Volume 15 of The Cambridge History of China is the second of two volumes dealing with the People's Republic of China since its birth in 1949. The harbingers of the Cultural Revolution were analyzed in Volume 14. Volume 15 traces a course of events still only partially understood by most Chinese. It begins by analyzing the development of Mao's thought since the Communist seizure of power, in an effort to understand why he launched the movement. The contributors grapple with the conflict of evidence between what was said favorably about the Cultural Revolution at the time and the often diametrically opposed retrospective accounts. Volume 15, together with Volume 14, provide the most comprehensive and clearest account of how revolutionary China has developed in response to the upheavals initiated by Mao and Teng Hsiao-p'ing.

Red Star Over China - The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism (Paperback, Main): Edgar Snow Red Star Over China - The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism (Paperback, Main)
Edgar Snow; Contributions by Dr John K. Fairbank 1
R394 R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. Out of that experience came Red Star Over China, a classic work that remains one of the most important books ever written about the birth of the Communist movement in China. This edition includes extensive notes on the military and political developments in China, further interviews with Mao Tse-tung, a chronology covering 125 years of Chinese revolution and nearly a hundred detailed biographies of the men and women who were instrumental in making China what it is today.

A Documentary History of Chinese Communism (Paperback): Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank A Documentary History of Chinese Communism (Paperback)
Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank
R1,268 Discovery Miles 12 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a new release of the original 1952 edition.

A Documentary History of Chinese Communism (Hardcover): Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank A Documentary History of Chinese Communism (Hardcover)
Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank
R1,547 Discovery Miles 15 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a new release of the original 1952 edition.

Chinese Communist Studies Of Modern Chinese History (Paperback): Albert Feuerwerker, Sally Cheng Chinese Communist Studies Of Modern Chinese History (Paperback)
Albert Feuerwerker, Sally Cheng; Foreword by John K. Fairbank
R967 Discovery Miles 9 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Random Notes On Red China, 1936-1945 - Harvard East Asian Monographs, No. 5 (Paperback): Edgar Snow Random Notes On Red China, 1936-1945 - Harvard East Asian Monographs, No. 5 (Paperback)
Edgar Snow; Foreword by John K. Fairbank
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Agrarian Policies of Mainland China - A Documentary Study 1949-1956 (Hardcover): Chao Kuo-Chin Agrarian Policies of Mainland China - A Documentary Study 1949-1956 (Hardcover)
Chao Kuo-Chin; Foreword by John K. Fairbank
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Agrarian Policies of Mainland China - A Documentary Study 1949-1956 (Paperback): Chao Kuo-Chin Agrarian Policies of Mainland China - A Documentary Study 1949-1956 (Paperback)
Chao Kuo-Chin; Foreword by John K. Fairbank
R915 Discovery Miles 9 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chinese Communist Studies Of Modern Chinese History (Hardcover): Albert Feuerwerker, Sally Cheng Chinese Communist Studies Of Modern Chinese History (Hardcover)
Albert Feuerwerker, Sally Cheng; Foreword by John K. Fairbank
R1,262 Discovery Miles 12 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Random Notes On Red China, 1936-1945 - Harvard East Asian Monographs, No. 5 (Hardcover): Edgar Snow Random Notes On Red China, 1936-1945 - Harvard East Asian Monographs, No. 5 (Hardcover)
Edgar Snow; Foreword by John K. Fairbank
R1,045 Discovery Miles 10 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Documentary History Of Chinese Communism (Paperback): Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank A Documentary History Of Chinese Communism (Paperback)
Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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A Documentary History Of Chinese Communism (Hardcover): Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank A Documentary History Of Chinese Communism (Hardcover)
Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank
R1,548 Discovery Miles 15 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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A Documentary History of Chinese Communism (Paperback): Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank A Documentary History of Chinese Communism (Paperback)
Conrad Brandt, Benjamin Schwartz, John K. Fairbank
R1,161 Discovery Miles 11 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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