| Description |
1 online resource (262 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies on contemporary China
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Studies on contemporary China.
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| Note |
"An East Gate book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Beijing-Tianjin: Communist Organizations, 1921-1945; 2. National and International Levels of the Civil War; 3. GMD-CCP Organizations and Strategies in North China; 4. Beiping-Tianjin: Urban Environments for Political Struggle; 5. The Communist Student Movement, 1945-1948; 6. Communist Labor and Other Activities, 1945-1948; 7. Final Struggle: August 1948 to January 1949; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1945 brought not peace but renewed confrontation between Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party and Chiang Kaishek's Guomindang. The ensuing Civil War, at the threshold of the Cold War, held enormous significance for international strategic alliances, and in particular the interests of the United States in East Asia, and has been the subject of intense research and debate ever since. Joseph Yick's Making Urban Revolution in China: The CCP-GMD Struggle for Beiping-Tianjin, 1945-1949, based partly on the rich new sources available in the PRC since 1978, rethinks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949.
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Beijing (China) -- History.
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Tianjin (China) -- History.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China. |
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China. |
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China -- Beijing. |
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China -- Tianjin. |
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Chinese Civil War (China : 1945-1949) |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yick, Joseph K.S. Making Urban Revolution in China: The CCP-GMD Struggle for Beiping-Tianjin, 1945-49. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2015 9781563246050 |
| ISBN |
9781317465676 (electronic book) |
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1317465679 (electronic book) |
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9781317465683 |
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1317465687 |
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