John K. Fairbank

""A Documentary History of Chinese Communism"" by Conrad Brandt is a comprehensive collection of primary source documents that traces the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from its founding in 1921 to the present day. The book includes speeches, letters, manifestos, and other writings by key figures in the CCP, including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping. The documents cover a wide range of topics, including the party's early struggles, its rise to power, the Cultural Revolution, and the economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. The book also includes a detailed introduction that provides historical context and analysis of the documents. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of Chinese communism and the development of modern China. This is a new release of the original 1952 edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Agrarian Policies Of Mainland China: A Documentary Study 1949-1956 is a book written by Kuo-Chin Chao that provides a comprehensive analysis of China's agrarian policies during the period of 1949-1956. The book is based on a collection of primary sources, including government documents, party records, and speeches, which are presented in their original form and translated into English. The book begins with an introduction that provides an overview of China's agrarian policies and their historical context. It then examines the major agrarian policies implemented by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during this period, including land reform, agricultural collectivization, and the establishment of agricultural cooperatives. The book also explores the impact of these policies on the Chinese countryside, including changes in agricultural production, rural social structure, and the lives of peasants. It also analyzes the political and ideological debates that took place within the CCP regarding agrarian policies and their implementation. Overall, Agrarian Policies Of Mainland China: A Documentary Study 1949-1956 provides a detailed and nuanced account of China's agrarian policies during a critical period in its history. It is an essential resource for scholars and students of Chinese history, politics, and economics. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

""Random Notes on Red China, 1936-1945"" is a book written by Edgar Snow and published as part of the Harvard East Asian Monographs series. The book is a collection of Snow's personal observations and experiences during his travels in China from 1936 to 1945, a period that saw the rise of the Communist Party and the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The book provides an insight into the social, economic, and political conditions of China during a critical period in its history. Snow's observations are based on his interactions with Chinese people from all walks of life, including Communist leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. The book sheds light on the challenges faced by the Chinese people during this period, including poverty, famine, and political repression. It also highlights the resilience and determination of the Chinese people in the face of adversity. Overall, ""Random Notes on Red China, 1936-1945"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of China and the Communist Party's rise to power. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

""Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History"" by Albert Feuerwerker is a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the history of China from the perspective of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The book analyzes the CCP's interpretation of major events and figures in modern Chinese history, including the Opium War, the Taiping Rebellion, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong. Feuerwerker provides a detailed examination of the CCP's historical narrative and how it has evolved over time. He also explores the political and ideological factors that have influenced the CCP's interpretation of Chinese history. The book is divided into three parts. Part one focuses on the early years of the CCP and its approach to history. Part two examines the CCP's views on specific historical events and figures. Part three analyzes the CCP's historical narrative in the post-Mao era. Overall, ""Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History"" is a valuable resource for scholars and students of Chinese history, politics, and ideology. It offers a unique perspective on the country's history and sheds light on the CCP's role in shaping China's national identity. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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.

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."