The Oxford History of Modern China

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is the Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. He has written, co-written, edited, or co-edited a dozen books. His most recent ones are, as author, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (2020), and, as coauthor, the third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (2018). In addition to writing for scholarly periodicals, he often contributes to newspapers and magazines.

List of Maps
A Guide to Pronouncing Romanized Chinese
Introduction by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
1: From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550-1792 by Anne Gerritsen
2: New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792-1860 by Stephen R. Platt
3: Restoration and Reform, 1860-1900 by Robert Bickers
4: Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic by Peter Zarrow
5: The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919-1937 by James Carter
6: The War Years, 1937-1949 by Rana Mitter
7: The Early Years of the People's Republic, 1950-1964 by S. A. Smith
8: The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964-1976 by Richard Curt Kraus
9: Reform and Rebuilding, 1976-1988 by Timothy Cheek
10: Tiananmen and Its Aftermath, 1989-1999 by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess
11: China Rising, 2000-2010 by William A. Callahan
12: The People's Leader: The Xi Jinping Era of Chinese Politics by Diana Fu and Emile Dirks
13: The Presence of the Past--A Coda by Ian Johnson
Timeline
Further Reading
Index