Japanese Studies of Modern China

A Bibliographical Guide to Historical and Social-Science Research on the 19th and 20th Centuries

John King Fairbank

Masataka Banno

Sumiko Yamamoto

    • Introduction

    1. General Works

    1. Surveys of Modern History
    2. Surveys of Government
    3. Surveys of Foreign Relations
    4. On the Periodization of Chinese History
    5. On the Nature of Chinese Society

    2. Late Ch‘ing Political History: Domestic Rebellion and Foreign Aggression to 1900

    1. Surveys of Ch‘ing History
    2. The Canton Trade
    3. The Opening of China 1840–1860
    4. The Taiping Rebellion
    5. The T‘ung–chih Restoration
    6. The Reform Movement
    7. The Boxer Rebellion

    3. Political Institutions

    1. The Monarchy and Bureaucracy
    2. Military System: the Manchu Banners
    3. Alien Rule over China
    4. Local Government
    5. Tributary Control of Inner Asia
    6. Law
    7. The Treaty System
    8. Constitutionalism

    4. Power Politics: Japanese and Russian Expansion

    1. Early Sino–Japanese Relations
    2. Japan’s Continental Expansion: General and Biographical
    3. Acquiring Liu–ch‘iu and Opening Korea
    4. Japan and China in Korea: the First Sino–Japanese War
    5. Modern History of Manchuria and Korea
    6. Japanese Centers in China
    7. Russian Expansion in Manchuria
    8. Inner Asian Relations
    9. Japanese Expansion and the Chinese Republic
    10. American Policy and the International Order

    5. Republican China

    1. General Accounts of the Revolutionary Process
    2. The Revolution of 1911 and Yuan Shih–k‘ai
    3. The Warlord Period
    4. Sun Yat–sen
    5. The Nationalist Revolution and Government
    6. History of Chinese Communism
    7. Post–War China

    6. Intellectual and Cultural History

    1. General Works and Essays
    2. Traditional Thought
    3. Sinocentrism
    4. Popular Religion
    5. The Jesuits
    6. Christianity in Modern China
    7. Education
    8. Sino–Japanese Cultural Relations
    9. Studies Concerning Certain Scholars
    10. The New Thought Movement
    11. On Chinese Literature

    7. Economic History and Institutions

    1. Surveys of Economic History
    2. General Economic Compilations
    3. Economic Methodology and Statistics
    4. Geographical Studies
    5. Farm Economy
    6. Landholding
    7. Mongol and Manchu Lands
    8. Salt Trade and Administration
    9. Mining
    10. Cotton, Tea and Silk
    11. Industry and Labor
    12. Communications and Transport
    13. Fiscal Administration
    14. Currency
    15. Banking and Capital
    16. Commercial Organization (Excepting Gilds)
    17. Treaty Ports and Compradors
    18. Foreign Investments and Foreign Trade
    19. Post–War Economic Developments

    8. Chinese Society

    1. Social Structure: General Studies
    2. Village Studies
    3. The Gentry and Military
    4. Family System
    5. Gilds
    6. Secret Societies, etc
    7. Overseas Chinese Communities
    8. Social Psychology

    9. Reference Works

    1. Bibliographical Guides
    2. Bibliographical Lists
    3. tudies of Sources
    4. Biographical Dictionaries and Directories
    5. Encyclopaedias and Chronologies
    6. Technical Dictionaries and Translation Aids
    7. Geographical Aids
    8. Collections of Essays and Articles
    9. Learned Journals
    • General Index
    • Character Index of Authors’ Names
    • Index of Names and Abbreviations Frequently Cited
  • Cover: Japanese Studies of Modern China

John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.