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with numerous illustrations O . . recommended

for all libraries and for readers with a special
interest in Chinese culture . " CHOICE Jul- Aug 70
Reprinted from 1951 edition . AL


THE HORIZON BOOK OF THE ARTS OF CHINA
American Heritage 1969 383p illus
$20.00 69-15082


"Some 400 striking illustrations , 67 in color ,
distinguish a volume loosely related to Fitzgerald ,
THE HORIZON HISTORY OF CHINA , •
Aimed at a general readership, the introductory
essay and subsequent articles , along with the
pictures , disjointedly illuminate highpoints in the
evolution, development, and distinctive features
of China's bronzes , jade carvings , sculpture , calli
graphy , paintings , rubbings , woodcuts , ceramics ,
decorative arts , and architecture . An anthology of
written statements by Chinese artists and critics
on painting is available . One chapter is devoted to
craftsmen, their social strata, tools , and tech
niques , and another to the influence of Chinese art.
Chronology from legendary times to the present
19 BL 15 Jan 70


Sullivan , Michael THE CAVE TEMPLES OF MAICHISHAN
Univ of California 1969 77p photogs biblio
$21.50 69-15829


" This is an unusually interesting book about some
Buddhist temple shrines located in man- made caves
on the face of Maichishan mountain in Kansu
Province in China. Buddhist monks apparently

began making the caves during the 2nd Century A.D.
The last dated inscription is 1866. From then




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 until 1952 , when an archaeological team
visited the caves , the area was virtually
forgotten. The author, professor of Oriental
art, Stanford University, has based his text
on an examination of photographs taken in
1958 by Miss Darbois , the photographer for
the only known European Oriental art special
ist party to visit the site in the last 100
years . The site is important for an under
standing of the role of clay sculpture in the
history of Chinese art. The book is recom
mended for any Oriental art collection . " LJ
1 Jan 70


Wang, Chi - ch'ien MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND : THE
LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF WANG CHI- CH'IEN
ed by Meredith Walker 1970 77p color
illus $ 12.50 70-102914


" This slim volume serves as a handsome
introduction to the paintings of Wang Chi'ch- en ,
a well- known collector and historian of Chinese
art. It presents him as possibly the finest
contemporary Chinese painter and consists of
an appreciation, three critiques based on an
exhibit in San Francisco , and 22 reproductions
of imaginary landscapes , each with an explana
tory note . Wang is the present- day example of
the classical Chinese scholar- painter to whom
brushwork is more important than delineation of
an object. To this traditional emphasis Wang has
added a modern concern for materials and he
makes extensive use of crumpled folds and faults
in the paper, and splashed dots . The results
have much of the serene beauty of the past, but
at the same time , by limiting the focus to a
smaller area, he produces a dynamic concentra
tion which is new to Chinese art and more rela
tive to our Western eye. For the most part, the
pictures are the products of the last two years .
Unquestionably, Wang is the most exciting indivi
dual talent representing Chinese art today , an art
all too often static in its conformance to tradition
or as propaganda. This book belongs in any
Oriental art collection . " LJ 1 Apr 70




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China C Foreign Relations


ASIAN DILEMMA: UNITED STATES, JAPAN , AND
CHINA, A SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC
INSTITUTIONS ed by Elaine H. Burnell The
Center Santa Barbara 1969 238p $2.25pa
75-8365


"Based on the assumption that it is time for a
fundamental change in American and Japanese
foreign policy toward China , these position papers
by Japanese and American politicians discuss the
international status of Taiwan, disposition of
military forces in the Pacific , the role of the
great powers in Asia and other key issues . An
important work. " FA Jul 70


Barnett, Doak A. THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA:
THE NEXT DECADE Praeger 1970 244p
$7.50 77-101562


"Specialists on China, diplomats , the authorities
on relations between the two countries express
themselves in speeches presented to the first
national convocation ' The United States and China:
the next decade ' held in March, 1969 sponsored
by the National Committee on U. S. - China Rela
tions . Retaining the format of the original
conference of learned remarks , discussion , and
response to questions , the collection covers
present and forecasted political trends , China and
world security, economic developments , and future
options for U. S. foreign policy decisions . One
section contains opinions offered by representatives
from Canada, Germany, India , and Britain. A
note on contributors is appended. " BL 15 Jul 70


Johnston, Douglas M. AGREEMENTS ON THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1949-1967 , A CALENDAR
Harvard Univ 1969 286p $ 12.50
68-28694


" This calendar is the most up - to - date and compre
hensive listing of China's contractual interactions




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 with other states . The editors have tackled

a difficult task complicated by the Chinese
failure to record many agreements , by time
lags in recording by partner countries and
often, by discrepancies among sources . 0 0
The elaboration of the items is kept to the
essential identifying information: date , signa
tories , place of signing , form , and nature of
the agreement in brief . О O Each item is

recorded twice , chronologically and according
to partner country . The data have also been
aggregated according to topical distribution and
national distribution . ❤ O The exclusion of all
agreements pertaining to diplomatic relations is
striking . It leaves an unfortunate gap in an
otherwise comprehensive presentation of China's
interactions with the outside world . " PA Winter
69 11
O indispensable for China specialists
and for all students interested in China's external
relations . Index 0 O ' CHOICE
" May 69


Kirker, James ADVENTURES TO CHINA: AMERICANS
IN THE SOUTHERN OCEANS , 1792-1812 Oxford
Univ 1970 192p illus biblio $7.50
78-125507


"This account of the American seafarers , hunters ,

and traders who participated especially in the seal
skin trade with Canton is full of drama and adven
ture despite Kirker's ingeniously low- keyed style .
Sailing from their anchorages in New England and
New York, the seamen and traders had a great
variety of experiences as they acquired skins and
other products mainly along the coast of South
America and on islands in the South Pacific to
trade for goods in China (in a setting pregnant
with other adventures ) . Thrifty and deft with words ,
yet lavish with fascinating detail and graphic des
cription , Kirker lends vigorous life to this epoch .
Warmly recommended . " LJ 1 Feb 71


Ojha, Ishwer , C. CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY IN AN
AGE OF TRANSITION : THE DIPLOMACY OF
CULTURAL DESPAIR Beacon 1969 234p
$5.95 75-84797




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 "An objective lucid analysis of China's current
domestic and international position makes the
central point that in their task of creating a
new national identity the Chinese Communists
have had to change China from a traditional to
a modern society and to completely restructure
its history and belief systems . Ojha's view of
current events, as seen in relation to China's
past, succeeds in illuminating both past and
present and in giving perspective to a situation
with profound implications for the west as well
as for China itself ?? BL 1 Mar 70
??
О he has produced a suggestive analysis
of China's position in international politics , and
a re - evaluation of Chinese - American relations
suitable for both the informed general reader
and students of international relations . " CHOICE
May 70


Sen Gupta, Bhabani THE FULCRUM OF ASIA:
RELATIONS AMONG CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN,
AND THE USSR Scribners 1970 388p
$ 8.95 70-105720


" THE FULCRUM OF ASIA is the area where its
four largest nations , China , India , Pakistan , and
the Soviet Union , meet in friendship and enmity.
The four countries , covering more than one -third
of the earth's total area and containing 40 percent
of its population, consist of a super - power , a
resurgent power - oriented communist dictatorship ,
and two neonationalist states , each with its own
power ambitions . Sen Gupta, a prominent Indian
journalist, scholar , and authority on inter - Asian
and Afro - Asian affairs , has produced a carefully
documented analysis of the relations of these
countries during the last two decades . His cen
tral theme is the ideological and power conflict.
between China and the U. S. S. R. over the India
Pakistan subcontinent which developed during the
1950's and culminated in a series of confrontations
during the 1960's . He examines the changing
alignments of the neighbors in the Kashmir , war
between India and Pakistan and the border war




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 between China and India, and attempts to
visualize future developments . Highly recom
mended . " LJ 15 Jun 70


Thomson , James C. WHILE CHINA FACED WEST ;
AMERICAN REFORMERS IN NATIONALIST
CHINA, 1928-1937 Harvard Univ 1969

310p $7.95 76-82298


"More formal and detailed and covering a much
shorter period than Spence's TO CHANGE
CHINA; WESTERN ADVISERS IN CHINA, 1620
1960 the present work may nevertheless be read
as a reinforcement of Spence's summation of
U.S. attitudes toward China . Thomson covers

the effort of missionaries , foundations , and re
formers to bring a peaceful revolution to rural
China and their ultimate failure when the Chinese
equated their efforts with colonialism. Notes and
,,
a bibliography are appended . ' BL 15 Feb 70
??
00 O Thomsonis study fills in numerous gaps
in our understanding of a vital decade in the
history of our foreign relations . For libraries
large and small . " LJ 15 Sep 69


Young, Marilyn Blatt THE RHETORIC OF EMPIRE :
AMERICAN CHINA POLICY, 1895-1901
Harvard Univ 1968 302p $7.50
68-54028

??
The importance of this volume lies in
the treatment of a highly informative period in
the history of the relations of the United States
with China O O O The chapters dealing with
the writing of the Open Door notes of 1899 and
the shaping of policy during and immediately
following the Boxer uprising constitute a most
valuable contribution. Mrs. Young's analysis
O is the best of the available accounts .

Her presentation of John Hay's handling of the
crisis in 1900 is especially praiseworthy . She
has made excellent use of a variety of sources
hitherto inadequately used and has used them
with insight and imagination , yet with due
scholarly restraint . " AHR Jun 70 11 is




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 particularly appropriate for libraries serving
upper - level and graduate students . " CHOICE
Dec 69


China · Geography


Buchanan, Keith THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE
CHINESE EARTH: ASPECTS OF THE EVALUA
TION OF THE CHINESE EARTH FROM
EARLIEST TIMES TO MAO TSE - TUNG
Praeger 1970 336p illus maps biblio
$ 12.50 76-100908



"Buchanan, a specialist in the geography of
underdevelopment in Asia, has presented an inter
disciplinary study of the transformation of the
Chinese earth based upon works in geography,
history, economics , ethnology , demography ,
politics , literature , and traditional social struc
ture . While examining this transformation in
its historical and global context, he emphasizes
the human significance , particularly the role of
the peasants in the last two decades . Profusely
illustrated and thoroughly documented , this com
prehensive work should be a useful addition to
scholarly libraries . " LJ 15 Jun 70


Institute of Geography ,
U. S. S. R. Academy of Sciences
THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHINA 2 vols
Praeger 1969 biblio $40.00 per set
68-14541


Major reference source written by leading Soviet
geographers . Volume I deals with China's varied
climates , its waterways , basic soils , vegetation
and indigenous animal life . Volume II furnishes

a general description of the topography of China
and its physical regions . AL


U. S. Geographic Names Division MAINLAND CHINA ;
OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES APPROVED BY THE
U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 2 vols
2nd ed Army Map Service 6500 Brooke Lane
Washington , D. C. 20315 1968 price not
available 70-600383




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 This is the Official Standard Names Gazetteer
No. 22. Contains about 108 , 000 entries for
places in Mainland China including Tibet, Sinkiang,
Inner Mongolia, and other autonomous regions .
Names for Chin - Men Tao (Quemoy) and offshore
islands under the Republic of China are also
included ; however, names in Hong Kong, Macao ,
and Taiwan are not included . Entries include
names of all first and second order administra
tive divisions , populated places of various sizes ,
physical features and some cultural entities .
Chinese characters accompany all Chinese standard
names that were derived from current authoritative
Chinese sources . Names of administrative divi
sions were taken from the 1965 Chinese administra
tive list which was translated by the Joint Publica
tions Research Service under the title , HANDBOOK
OF ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF THE PEOPLES'
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Names available in
characters have been romanized according to the
Modified Wade - Giles transcription system . A
glossary of generic terms is also included . All
offshore coastal features can be located on naval
oceanographic charts . THE ATLAS OF THE

REPUBLIC OF CHINA, vols . 1-4 can be used as
a small reference for names in romanized and
Chinese forms . Recommended for reference collec
tions . AL


Whitney , Joseph B. R. CHINA: AREA ADMINISTRATION ,
AND NATION BUILDING Univ of Chicago Dept.
of Geograph y 1970 172p biblio $4.00pa
75-104876


" ... employs the most modern concepts , theories ,
and methodology of both political science and geo
graphy in dealing with problems of territorial
organization in an immense country . It is a
pioneering study of the political geography of mod
ern China and should be invaluable not only to
specialists on China but also to political scientists
and geographers in general . The objective is three
fold: to shed light on the problem of transforming
China from a predominately cultural entity to a




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 political entity in the twentieth century; to
assess the roles that the hierarchy of
territorial administration areas to be played
in the process , and to evaluate the impact
that the processes of political and economic
development have had both in the size and
number of echelons in hierarchy of territorial
administrative areas . · provides a stimu
lating analysis of the structure of China's
traditional space - polity and its modern change
in relation to the needs of political integration
and economic growth . . . The extensive use
of maps and graphics to illustrate the spatial
relationships of China's territorial organization
and their changes through modern times greatly
strengthens the author's thesis . . . " JAS Nov 70


China History - General


Buck, Pearl CHINA AS I SEE IT Day 1970 305p
$7.95 79-107209


"A collection of articles and speeches written
between 1933 , when Pearl Buck left China, and
1951 when her contacts with that country were
severed . Addressed to audiences unfamiliar with

China, either past or present, these pieces
discuss Chinese history and Chinese - American
relations , compare Chinese and American
character , and analyze the reasons for the
Communists ' success , and if the dates of
origin are borne in mind, the knowledgeable
views and undiminished empathy for China pre
sented in the pieces will contribute to an uninformed
reader's understanding of the current situation. " BL
1 Sep 70


Fitzgerald , C.P. THE HORIZON HISTORY OF CHINA
American Heritage 1969 415p illus $22.00
69-15081


"A volume loosely related to THE HORIZON BOOK
OF THE ARTS OF CHINA also listed in this issue,
this illustrated history with text by a professor of




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 Far Eastern history at Australian National
University spans the period from the dawn
of China to the present. Emphasizing broad
trends and developments Fitzgerald corrects
what he considers major fallacies of tradi
tional approaches to and interpretations of
Chinese history. Land and language , The
family, and Travelers and traders are among
topical chapters that cut across ' the constric
tions of dynastic history . ' Two hundred ninety
seven illustrations , 78 in color, some grouped
in topical portfolios , reproducing maps , drawings ,
scrolls , and other works of art, posters , cartoons ,
and a chronology round out a compelling introduc
tory survey . ?? BL 15 Jan 70 "The book is
perhaps the best one volume introduction to China
ever published. " CHOICE May 70


Franke , Wolfgang A CENTURY OF CHINESE REVOLU
TION , 1851-1949 Univ of South Carolina 1970
202p biblio $5.95 72-113808


"Franke , the author of another small but valuable

book, CHINA AND THE WEST , here takes a look
at modern Chinese history from the inside .
Beginning with a discussion of the importance of
the idea of revolution in Chinese historical perspec
tive , he describes briefly but competently the
Taiping rebellion ( 1850-64 ), the reform movement
(1898 ) , the Boxer uprising (1900 ) , the republican
revolution (1911 ) , the May 4th movement of 1919 ,
the victory of the Kuomintang and its collapse , and
the victory of the Chinese Communist Party. The
style is clean, the translation excellent. A remark

able overview of the period for people who are inter
ested in Chinese history . " LJ 1 Feb 71


Kitagawa, Joseph M. UNDERSTANDING MODERN CHINA
Quadrangle 1969 284p $7.95 70-78310


"China's political behavior seen against its cultural
background and its relation to modern society . The

twelve essays cover geography , political leadership,
economy, ideology, political and foreign policy , Over




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 seas Chinese and American perceptions of
?? deals with
China. " FA Jan 70 •
such timely topics as the Taiwan question ,
China's foreign policy , and Chinese in South
east Asia . A most welcome addition to the

growing literature on modern China . " CHOICE
Apr 69


Lattimore , Owen MONGOLS OF MANCHURIA; THEIR
TRIBAL DIVISIONS , GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBU
TION , HISTORICAL RELATIONS WITH MANCHUS
AND CHINESE, AND PRESENT POLITICAL
PROBLEMS Fertig 1969 $ 10.00 311p
68-9626


"An excellent choice for reissue , this standard
description and analysis of the Mongols has been o. p.
for some years . Lattimore has special compe

tence in regard to what one of his other books
calls ' the inner Asian frontiers of China, ' and this
study of the Mongols is based on travel and obser
vation as well as on printed materials . Index.

Useful for college and university libraries . "
CHOICE May 70 Originally published in 1934.
AL


Liu, James T. C. TRADITIONAL CHINA Prentice
1970 179p $5.95 77-104855


" This multi - dimensional portrait of traditional
China introduces uninitiated Western readers to
the remarkably stable and long- lived pre - Commu
nist society . The 16 selections analyze every
facet of traditional Chinese society, including
social change , noncapitalistic economics , city life ,
government, and religion . . . Seven prominent
scholars conclude this survey with explanations of
Chinese thought, particularly Buddhism , Confucianism ,
and Taoism . With its far ranging exploration of all

aspects of traditional Chinese society, this volume
is an important contribution to understanding the East,
an understanding which is crucial in an age of inter
national turmoil . " HSB Oct 70




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Mitamura, Taisuke CHINESE EUNUCHS; THE STRUC
TURE OF INTIMATE POLITICS tr by Charles A.
Pomeroy Tuttle 1970 176p $3.50
77-104201


Explains what eunuchs were and things they were
primarily concerned with . Describes activities
during the Han, T'ang and Ming dynasties with
rich historical background information. Shows
the role of the eunuch in the overall study of
Chinese history . AL


Mbusnier, Roland PEASANT UPRISINGS IN SEVEN
TEENTH CENTURY FRANCE, RUSSIA, AND
CHINA Harper 1971 349p $10.00
72-95975


"Scholars will welcome this fine translation of
a work by a great French historian. Mousnier
has already contributed significantly to our under
standing of rural France under the ancien regime ;
he now uses that knowledge as a base on which to
rest both description and comparison of two very
different areas . Circumstances and sources for

Bourbon France , early Romanov Russia, and
collapsing Ming China are so varied that Mousnier
necessarily raises as many questions as he
answers . Peasants appear to be less significant

than townsmen, government officials , or charisma
tic bandits in these examples of violent disturbance;
but Mousnier's analyses of three disparate social
structures are classical in themselves . This is a

challenging , controversial book for every university
library . " LJ 1 Dec 70


Needham , Joseph CLERKS AND CRAFTSMEN IN CHINA
AND THE WEST ; LECTURES AND ADDRESSES
ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge Univ 1970 469p illus biblio
$22.50 69-10217


"Needham , the best known authority in the West on
Chinese science and technology, has gathered 19 of
his previously published or presented papers into




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 one book. Written during the period 1948-66 ,
the articles discuss astronomy in classical
China, Asia's contribution to the unity of science ,
science in Central Asia, Far Eastern navigation,
the translation of old Chinese scientific texts ,
snow crystals , iron and steel, engineering , the
steam engine , clocks , the compass , and vessel
control in China , and , lastly, articles on
medicine as it is associated with Chinese culture ,
proto - endocrinology , elixir poisoning, and hygiene
in ancient China , and the origin of qualifying
examinations in classical China . In six of the

articles , Lu Gwel- Djen and Ho Ping - Yu collabo
rated . Some of the articles have been revised
and brought up to date . This well written collec

tion appeals to all with an interest in the history
of technology from secondary school up and may
serve, in part, as an extension of Needham's on
going SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA.
Those articles , although not well annotated have
been provided with full bibliographies . Through
out are 99 very helpful figures of which 40 plates
are excellent reproductions . The index is very
well done . Valuable for all school and college
libraries . " CHOICE Jul- Aug 70


Vincent, John Carter THE EXTRATERRITORIAL
SYSTEM IN CHINA: FINAL PHASE Harvard
Univ 1970 119p $ 3.50 74-82304


" Much has been written about the 19th - century
development of the ' unequal treaties ' in China ;
this study is one of the few detailed accounts of
their decline and fall. Extraterritoriality , one of
the key provisions of the treaty system, was no
longer acceptable in the 1920's and 1930's by
which time China was a 'nation' rather than
simply a ' non - European culture . ' Vincent uses
the case method, presenting and discussing
specific instances of the breakdown of extraterri
toriality under the headings of forced extrality
(the ' gunboat policy ' ) , access to the sea, registra
tion of schools , extra - treaty taxes , the extraterri
torial press , and the missionary problem . His




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 great assets in this work are experience in
foreign service of the U. S. in seven Chinese
cities in these very years , a thorough know
ledge of the relevant State Department papers ,
and a lucid and somewhat tart style . Index .
Recommended for libraries which emphasize
modern Chinese history , politics , and foreign
relations . " CHOICE Jul- Aug 70


China - History - Early Period


Creel, Herrlee G. THE ORIGINS OF STATE CRAFT
IN CHINA 2 vols Univ of Chicago 1970
vol I: THE WESTERN CHOU EMPIRE 576p
$19.50 77-102905


"The Chinese historical record begins in the
12th Century B. C. , though scholars date the
origin of Chinese society between 12 and 18
centuries earlier . The earliest of the recorded

dynasties that ruled China before the Republican
Revolution of 1911 was the Chou (1122-225 B. C. ) ,
which ruled a loose feudal state rather than a
centralized empire . This volume traces the origin
and development of political ideas and governmental
organizations in the Western Chou ( 1122-771 ) B . C. ,
an early period of the Chou , and finds that ' the
power of Western Chou rulers was greater than
has been supposed ,! Basing his work on the new
discoveries of bronze inscriptions and all possible
known documentary sources , Creel, professor of
Chinese history at the University of Chicago , has
ably presented an exhaustive study of the financial,
legal , military, political , and social systems
during the Chinese Classical Age . This excellent
scholarly work will be followed soon by a second
volume , probably on Eastern Chou . " LJ 15 Jun 70


Eichhorn, Werner CHINESE CIVILIZATION : AN INTRO
DUCTION tr by Janet Seligman Praeger
1969 360p biblio index $ 9.00 68-16084


"Professor Eichhorn of Tubingen , an eminent
German Sinologist, provides here a scholarly study
of the historical development of Chinese civiliza
tion with emphasis on its intellectual aspects from
 2000 B. C. to 1300 A.D. He discusses life in
the city and in the palace , the developments of
the main religions , the relatively neglected
subjects of novels and Yuan theaters , and phases
of ancient culture brought out in the classics
and recent excavations . Eichhorn should have
provided two separate maps on modern and
ancient China and a more extensive bibliography .
Several typographical errors are also noted .
However, this book, first published in Germany
in 1964 , is of broader scope than Edward
Schafer's ANCIENT CHINA, with which it favor
ably compares . Warmly recommended for
students of traditional China . " LJ 1 Jan 70


Lum , Peter THE GROWTH OF CIVILIZATION IN

EAST ASIA: CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA BE
FORE THE 14th CENTURY Phillips 1969
258p illus $5.95 73-77311


"A straightforward, informative treatment of
early Oriental civilization from Neolithic times
to the end of the Mongol empire in the four
teenth century . Although the book is designated
a study of China , Japan, and Korea the latter
two countries are given only brief attention at
the end . Appended material includes a guide to
pronunciation and names , discussion of the
Chinese calendar , a chronological table , and a
bibliography with titles for further reading
starred . Maps , photographs of artifacts , and a
few line drawings complement, the text which
will serve junior high and high school libraries
as supplementary material. " BL 15 May 70

China - History - Ming and Manchu Dynasties


Hibbert, Christopher THE DRAGON WAKES : CHINA
AND THE WEST , 1793-1911 Harper 1971
427p illus biblio $ 10.00 75-83600


" This is a somewhat popularized account of
Anglo - Chinese (rather than Western - Chinese )




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 relations during the period Hibbert gives the
British version of the Macartney and the Amherst
missions to China, the opium trade and the Opium
war, the Anglo - French war with China , the
Taiping Rebellion and ' Chinese ' Gordon , the Boxer
Rebellion, and the like . He relies heavily upon

diaries and journals of those who visited China
(in official, semiofficial, or private capacities )
and also cites Chinese sources . Hibbert's incli

nation to popularize sometimes produces regret
table results . Nevertheless , the book should have
a place in academic collections . " LJ 15 Nov 69


China - History - Revolution and Republic


Dupuy , Trevor N. THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE
CHINESE CIVIL WAR Watts 1970 110p
$3.95 69-12098


"Condensed military history covering the period
1911 to 1950 , with particular emphasis on the era
between Chiang Kai - shek and Mao Tse - tung (1946-50) ,
Col. Dupuy's descriptions of the Long March, the
Sian Incident, the War within a War (1937-45 ) , the
struggle for Manchuria ( 1947-48 ) , and the collapse
of the Nationalist Armies are simple and penetrating ,
and this book is useful as a reference item . " SLJ

15 May 70


Furth, Charlotte TING WEN CHIANG : SCIENCE AND
CHINA'S NEW CULTURE Harvard Univ 1970
352p biblio $ 10.00 78-98920


"Almost simultaneously republican China
witnessed the introduction of Western - oriented
reforms and the rise of communism shortly after
the launching of the ' new culture movement' in the
early 1900's . Ting, a pragmatic Western- educated
scientist and moderate leader of this cultural ren
aissance , tried to save China by promoting
science rather than democracy . This well - re

searched interpretive study of Ting's intellectual
development clear y exposes the traditional obsta
cles to China's scientific modernization from 1912




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 through 1936 . Especially valuable are the
annotated notes , glossary , and comprehensive
bibliography . Strongly recommended to students
of contemporary China. " LJ 1 Mar 70

Gasster , Michael CHINESE INTELLECTUALS AND
THE REVOLUTION OF 1911 : THE BIRTH OF
MODERN CHINESE RADICALISM Univ . of
Washington 1969 $9.50 208p 66-19568

"Too many studies of the intellectual background
of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 are narrowly
focused upon the thought of Sun Yat- sen. This

work by Professor Gasster of the University of
Washington should help restore some balance to
the study of the early Chinese revolutionary move
ment . He delineates admirably the varying
meanings that such key concepts as nationalism ,
republicanism, and socialism held for leading
members of the revolutionary camp . The ideo

logical discordance weakened the revolutionary
ranks in the years before the upheaval against the
Manchus and also foreshadowed the cleavages yet
to come O An important study of the Chinese Revo
lution and of the revolutionary process itself. " LJ
1 Dec 69 ?? represents an important con
tribution to historical scholarship on China . "
CHOICE Jun 70


Hoyt, Edwin Palmer THE BOXER REBELLION Abelard
1968 175p illus $4.50 68-13241


"A straightforward account of the Boxer Rebel
lion and its immediate antecedents and aftermath .
The author draws a parallel between the uprising
of the Boxers and the violence against foreign
diplomatic representatives in Peking in 1967 ,
maintaining that to understand the attitudes of
the Chinese in such matters as the Red Guard
movement one must know how and why Chinese
sentiment against foreign influences was born.
Drawing on contemporary reports from which he
occasionally quotes , Hoyt describes the many
disorganized battles and court intrigues and
places the war in historical perspective . Brief
bibliography . For history enthusiast or world
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history student BL 15 Ma y 69




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Hsu, Immanual Chung -yueh THE RISE OF MODERN
CHINA Oxford Univ 1970 83 Op illus
maps $ 14.50 78-83022


" For students and interested readers , a discri
minating distinctive mixture of Chinese views
and insights from Japanese and Western
scholarship . Hsu , a history professor at the
University of California at Santa Barbara ,
delineates China's rulers , institutions , and
developments , 1600-1800 , as essential to
recognition and understanding of nineteenth- and
twentieth - century social, economic , intellectual ,
and political changes largely under Western
impact. Hsu analyzes each stage of transfor
mation through 1949 and major overt and
covert shaping forces including ambivalent accep
tance of Western influence and nationalistic
racial resistance to foreign elements in Chinese
life ... " BL 1 Sep 70 ?? ... makes an

important contribution to our background know
ledge of the subject ... " SR Apr 70


Mehnert, Klaus PEKING AND THE NEW LEFT : AT
HOME AND ABROAD Centre for Chinese
Studies , Univ of California 1969 156p
$4.00 70-627631

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By discussing the fortunes of an ultra
left group in Hunan , Professor Mehnert not
only differentiates revolutionary groups during
the Cultural Revolution but sets forth a basis
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for understanding the New Left in China . . .
CQ Apr- Jun 70


Shieh, Milton J.T. THE KUOMINTANG : SELECTED
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS , 1894-1969 St.
John's Univ 1970 434p $10.00


"The Deputy Secretary General of Kuomintang
shows the dominant role of China's Nationalist
Party as it developed from the inaugural of the
Hsing - chung Hui in Honolulu in 1894 through its
Tenth National Congress in 1969. " FA Oct 70




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Since the volume is directed primarily
towards Americans , the study carries a
political message as well as serving a scholarly
function . " JAS Nov 70


Thornton, Richard C. THE COMINTERN AND THE
CHINESE COMMUNISTS, 1928-1931 Univ of
Washington 1969 246p biblio $9.50
69-14204