China's Civil War A Social History, 1945}}}1949 [Hardcover]

A new social history of China's Civil War, 19459, which brought dramatic political and social revolution to China.The first social history in English of China's Civil War, 19459, which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Surveying a period of intense upheaval and chaos, it shows how the Communist Party succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China.The first social history in English of China's Civil War, 19459, which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Surveying a period of intense upheaval and chaos, it shows how the Communist Party succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China.China's Civil War is the first book of its kind to offer a social history in English of the Civil War in 19459 that brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Integrating history and memory, it surveys a period of intense upheaval and chaos to show how the Communist Party and its armies succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China. Drawing from a collection of biographies, memoirs, illustrations and oral histories, Diana Lary gives a voice to those who experienced the war first-hand, exemplifying the direct effects of warfare - the separations and divisions, the exiles and losses, and the social upheaval that resulted from the conflict. Lary explores the long-term impact on Chinese societies on the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, which have all diverged far from pre-war Chinese society.Introduction; 1. The social background to the Civil War; 2. Ending one war, beginning another: August 1945June 1946; 3. Turning points: July 1946June 1947; 4. All-out war: July 1947June 1948; 5. Nearing the end: July 1948January 1949; 6. The end game: February to December, 1949; 7. The immediate outcome: the early 1950s; 8. Social outcomes of the Civil War; Conclusion; Index. Professor Lary has analysed in deptlƒ*