The Red Dragon: China 1949 - 1990Stephen L. Endicott |
| This forty-eight page, large-format book is part of a series called "Frontline on the Global Village" edited by John Fielding for use in Ontario secondary school courses. The publisher is Ronald P. Frye & Co., North Kanata Postal Stn, P.O. Box 72144, Kanata, ON., K2K 2P4, Canada. Tel: (613) 592-6226. Fax: (613) 592-9315. ISBN 0 919741 614. The series is designed for an inquiry approach to learning. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, maps, cartoons, graphs, tables, chronologies, and extracts of important documents or commentaries by well-known public figures and scholars of China. It is an ideal source for group or class study of revolution and counter-revolution in modern China. |
TABLE OF CONTENTSNote on the spelling of Chinese names 2 Timeline 1949-1990 3 Tiananmen Square 1989 4 The aftermath of Tiananmen Square 6 Last days of Republican China 1949 8 Liberation 10 Agrarian revolution: land reform 12 The second billion: China's population 14 Mao Zedong (1893-1976): strategist of revolution 16 Sino-Soviet relations 18 Ideological differences unfold 20 The Great Leap Forward--and back 22 People's Communes: a new stage 25 The Cultural Revolution 26 My experience as a Red Guard 28 Reform of education 30 Reforming the revolution 32 Economic reform 34 Democracy Wall 36 State and society in China 38 Women in China 40 Hong Kong: British colony in China--and after 42 China as a developing country 44 Questions 46 Glossary 47 Select Bibliography 48 |