PART ONE：THE OPIUM WAR．THE TAIPING REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

CHAPTER Ⅰ THE OPIUM WAR

Section 1 Banning the Opium Trade

Section 2 The Opium War and the Chinese Army-Civiliam Resistance

Section 3 The First of the Unequal Treaties；China After the Opium War

CHAPTER Ⅱ THE TAIPING REVOLUTION

Section 1 The Rise and Development of the Taiping Revolutionary Movement

Section 2 The Taipings＇Agrarian System and Foreign Policy

Section 3 The Second Opium War

Section 4 The Last Period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

CHAPTER Ⅲ THE RISINGS OF THE NIENS(THE＂TORCH BEARERS＂)AND THE NATIONAL MINORITIES

Section 1 The Revolts of the Niens and the Kweichow Miaos

Section 2 The Revolts of the Huis(Moslems)in Yunnan and Northwestern China

PART TWO：CHINESE NATIONAL CAPITALISM．THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR OF 1894

CHAPTER Ⅳ THE RISE OF CHINESE NATIONAL CAPITALISM

Section 1 Emergence of the Chinese Proletariat and Bourgeoisie

Section 2 The＂Westernization＂Movement

CHAPTER Ⅴ THE SINO-FRENCH WAR

Section 1 The Imperialists and the Border Regions

Section 2 The Sino-French War

CHAPTER Ⅵ THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR OF 1894

Section 1 The Outbreak of Hostilities

Section 2 The Aftermath

PART THREE：REFORM MOVEMENT OF 1898 AND THE YI HO TUAN UPRISING

CHAPTER Ⅶ THE GROWING NATIONAL CRISIS

CHAPTER Ⅷ THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF 1898

Section 1 Nascent National Capitalism；Preparations for Reform

Section 2 The Reform

CHAPTER Ⅸ THE YI HO TUAN MOVEMENT

Section 1 Its Development

Section 2 Resistance to Imperialist Allied Forces

PART FOUR：THE REVOLUTION OF 1911

CHAPTER Ⅹ THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

Section 1 The Beginning

Section 2 The Tung Meng Hui(Revolutionary League)

Section 3 Anti-Ching Struggles

CHAPTER Ⅺ THE REVOLUTION OF 1911

Section 1 The Wuchang Uprising

Section 2 The Founding of the Republic of China

CHAPTER Ⅻ STRUGGLES AGAINST NORTHERN WARLORDS＇RULE

Section 1 The＂Second Revolution＂

Section 2 The National Salvation Campaign

Section 3 Campaign for Upholding the Constitution

CHAPTER ⅩⅢ THE GROWTH OF THE CHINESE PROLETARIAT

CHAPTER ⅩⅣ DAWN OF THE NEW STAGE OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION

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