Fairbank John K. The Great Chinese Revolution, 1800-1985

Harper Collins, 1986. — 416 p.Late Imperial China: Growth and Change, 1800 - 1895.
Understanding China's Revolution.
The Manchu Rulers' Outlook from Peking.
Some Theoretical Approaches.
The Growth of Commerce Before the Treaty Period.
Problems Within Chinese Society.
The Western Intrusion.
Efforts at Modernization.
The Transformation of the Late Imperial Order, 1895 - 1911.
Reform and Reaction.
The Genesis of the Revolution of 1911.
The Era of the First Chinese Republic, 1912-1949.
The Early Chinese Republic and Its Problems.
The New Culture and Sino-Liberal Education.
The Nationalist Revolution and the First KMT-CCP United Front.
Nationalists and Communists, 1927-1937.
The War of Resistance and Civil War, 1937-1949.
The Chinese People’s Republic, 1949 - 1985.
Creating the New State.
The Great Leap Forward and Its Consequences.
Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
New Directions: Deng Hsiao-p'ing's Reforms.
Perspectives.