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The Fall and Rise of China

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Get multilevel insights into one of the most astounding real-life dramas in modern history. Review China’s social, political, and economical rebirth, led by a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and expert.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Splendor That Was China, 600-1700
  • 02: Malthus and Manchu Hubris, 1730-1800
  • 03: Barbarians at the Gate, 1800-1860
  • 04: Rural Misery and Rebellion, 1842-1860
  • 05: The Self-Strengthening Movement, 1860-1890
  • 06: Hundred Days of Reform and the Boxer Uprising
  • 07: The End of Empire, 1900-1911
  • 08: The Failed Republic, 1912-1919
  • 09: The Birth of Chinese Communism, 1917-1925
  • 10: Chiang, Mao, and Civil War, 1926-1934
  • 11: The Republican Experiment, 1927-1937
  • 12: Resist Japan! 1937-1945
  • 13: Chiang's Last Stand, 1945-1949
  • 14: The Chinese People Have Stood Up!
  • 15: Korea, Taiwan, and the Cold War, 1950-1954
  • 16: Socialist Transformation, 1953-1957
  • 17: Cracks in the Monolith, 1957-1958
  • 18: The Great Leap Forward, 1958-1960
  • 19: Demise of the Great Leap Forward, 1959-1962
  • 20: Never Forget Class Struggle! 1962-1965
  • 21: Long Live Chairman Mao! 1964-1965
  • 22: Mao's Last Revolution Begins, 1965-1966
  • 23: The Children's Crusade, 1966-1967
  • 24: The Storm Subsides, 1968-1969
  • 25: The Sino-Soviet War of Nerves, 1964-1969
  • 26: Nixon, Kissinger, and China, 1969-1972
  • 27: Mao's Deterioration and Death, 1971-1976
  • 28: The Legacy of Mao Zedong-An Appraisal
  • 29: The Post-Mao Interregnum, 1976-1977
  • 30: Hua Guofeng and the Four Modernizations
  • 31: Deng Takes Command, 1978-1979
  • 32: The Historic Third Plenum, 1978
  • 33: The “Normalization” of U.S.-China Relations
  • 34: Deng Consolidates His Power, 1979-1980
  • 35: Socialist Democracy and the Rule of Law
  • 36: Burying Mao, 1981-1983
  • 37: To Get Rich Is Glorious, 1982-1986
  • 38: The Fault Lines of Reform, 1984-1987
  • 39: The Road to Tiananmen, 1987-1989
  • 40: The Empire Strikes Back, 1989
  • 41: After the Deluge, 1989-1992
  • 42: The “Roaring Nineties,” 1992-1999
  • 43: The Rise of Chinese Nationalism, 1993-2001
  • 44: China's Lost Territories-Taiwan, Hong Kong
  • 45: China in the New Millennium, 2000-2008
  • 46: China's Information Revolution
  • 47: One World, One Dream-The 2008 Olympics
  • 48: China's Rise-The Sleeping Giant Stirs
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Richard Baum

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