Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-427) and index.

Early to Mid-Qing -- The Opium War -- Mid-Nineteenth-Century Rebellions and Qing Responses -- The Deepening Crisis of Imperialism in China (1856-1890) -- Seeking to Solve China's Ills -- Revolution, Warlordism, & Intellectual Transformation -- China's Struggle for Unity -- Fractured Visions: Manchuria, Nanjing, and Yan'an in the 1930s -- China at War (1937-1949) -- New China: Finding a New Way -- China in the 1960s -- China Reemerges: Political Trends in the 1970s -- Life in China Under Deng Xiaoping and Beyond -- China in the Twenty-First Century

"Sources in Chinese History, now in its second edition, has been updated to include re-translations of over a third of the documents. It also incorporates nearly forty new sources that work to familiarise readers with the key events, personages, and themes of modern China. This volume includes a variety of sources such as maps, posters, film scripts, memorials, and political cartoons and advertisements that make this book the perfect introductory aid for students of Chinese history, politics, and culture, as well as Chinese studies after 1600"--