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History 386: History of Modern China
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Fall 2008 — Prof. Dennis
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
Reference Works
Atlases | History & Culture
- Atlases
- Atlas of the People's Republic of China. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1989.
Reference R 912.51 A881
- Atlas of World History. Ed. Patrick O'Brien. New York: Oxford, 1999.
Reference Atlas Area R 911 A8811 Atlas Stand
- China: A Provincial Atlas. Chaio-min Hsieh and Jean Kan Hsieh. New York: Macmillan, 1995.
Reference Atlas Area R 912.51 H873c
- The Complete Atlas of World History. Ed. John Haywood. 3 vols. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1997.
Reference R 911 C737
- The Contemporary Atlas of China. Ed. Nathan Sivin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
Reference Atlas Area R 912.51 C761
- Cultural Atlas of China. Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin. Rev. ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.
Reference R912.51 B658c 1998
- The Harper Atlas of World History. Ed. Pierre Vidal-Naquet. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
Reference R 911 H295h
- Historical Atlas. William Shepherd. 9th ed. New York: Henry Holt, 1964.
Reference R 911 S54h 9th ed.
The library also has several copies of the 8th ed.
- An Historical Atlas of China. Albert Herrmann. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1966.
Reference R 912.5 H552h
- Historical Maps on File. Rev. ed. 2 vols. New York: Facts on File, 2002.
Reference R 911 H6731 2002
- The National Economics Atlas of China. New York: Oxford, 1994.
Reference Atlas Area R 330.951 N277
- The Population Atlas of China. New York: Oxford, 1987.
Reference Atlas Area R 912.13 P831
- The Times Atlas of World History. Ed. Geoffrey Parker. 4th ed. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond, 1993.
Reference Atlas Area R 911 T583 1993 Atlas Stand
- History & Culture
- China. Comp. Charles W. Hayford. New ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Reference R 016.951 H418c
- China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. Ed. Michael Dillon. Richmond, UK: Curzon, 1998.
Reference R 951 C5392
- China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works about China Past and Present. Harriet T. Zurndorfer. New York: E.J. Brill, 1995.
Reference R 016.951 Z96c
- China During the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976: a Selected Bibliography of English Language Works. Comp. Tony H. Chang. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Reference R 016.951 C4561c
- Chinese Filmography: the 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995. Donald Marion. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997.
Reference R 016.791 M341c
- Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Ed. John S. Bowman. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000.
Reference R 950 C726
- Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. R. Keith Schoppa. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000.
Reference R 951.05 S373c
- Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asia. Michael Leifer. New York: Routledge, 1995.
Reference R 320.959 L527di
- Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China. Ed. Colin Mackerras. London: Routledge, 1998.
Reference R 951 D554
- Encyclopedia of Asian History. Ed. Ainslie T. Embree. 4 vols. New York: Scribner, 1988.
Reference R 950 E56
- Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, its History and Culture. Dorothy Perkins. New York: Facts on File, 1999.
Reference R 951 P448e
- Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. Yingjin Zhang and Whiwei Xiao. London: Routledge, 1998.
Reference R 791.43 Z63e
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ed. David Levinson and Karen Christensen. 6 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2002.
Reference R 950 L665e
- A Glossary of Political Terms of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong: Chinese Univ. Press, 1995.
Reference R 951 L693c-T
- Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976. Ed. Edwin Pakwah Leung. New York: Greenwood, 1992.
Reference R 951 H673
- Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Guo Jian et al. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2006.
Reference R 951.05 G977
Contains a useful bibliography.
- Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. Lawrence Sullivan. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Reference R 951.05 S949h
Contains a useful bibliography.
- Historical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China). John F. Cooper. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2000.
Reference R 951.24 C777h
- Mao Zedong: A Bibliography. Alan Lawrance. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
Reference R 016.951 L419m
- Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change. Graham Hutchings. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 951.05 H973m
- Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Ed. Wang Ke-wen. New York: Garland, 1998.
Reference R 951 M689
- A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War: Books in English, 1939-1974. A.G.S. Enser. London: Deutsch, 1977.
Reference 016.94 E59s
- A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War: Books in English, 1975-1983. A.G.S. Enser. London: Gower, 1985.
Reference R 016.94 E59s 1985
- Twentieth Century China: An Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works in Chinese, Japanese, and Western Languages. James Cole. 2 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004.
Reference R 951 T971
Primary Sources
General Tools | Missionary Correspondence & Reports | Periodicals | Other Examples
- General Tools
- Library Catalog
To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words: - sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- interviews
- personal narratives
You can also do a keyword search and limit your search by publication date. - WorldCat
To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words: - sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- interviews
- personal narratives
Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a "subtype limit," choosing "Microform" as the format.
- Missionary Correspondence & Reports
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) / Congregational Church
- China Journal, 1889-1900: An American Missionary Family During the Boxer Rebellion, with the Letters and Diaries of Eva Jane Price and her Family. Ed. Robert H. Felsing. New York: Scribner, 1988.
Little Library Stacks 922.5 P945cz
- Death Throes of a Dynasty: Letters and Diaries of Charles and Bessie Ewing, Missionaries to China. Ed. E.G. Ruoff. Kent, OH: Kent State Univ. Press, 1990.
Little Library Stacks 266 E95d
- Foreign Missions Conference of North America
- Foreign Missions Conference of North America. New York: Foreign Missions Conference, 1911-1950.
Also called The Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Conference of Foreign Mission Boards in Canada and in the United States.
Library has: 1921, 1923-1924, 1926-1950
Little Library Stacks 266 F71f
- Methodist Church
In 1843, the Methodist Episcopal Church split into the (Northern) Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; each was a separate ecclesiastical body, with its own missionary boards. The churches remained separate until 1939, when they merged to form the Methodist Church.
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1846-1912: China [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: Reference R 016.266 M6782
The files are arranged geographically and then by name; most contain incoming correspondence from missionaries in the field.
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), 1897-1940 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: Reference R 016.266 M6783
Includes correspondence from missionaries in China. The files are arranged alphabetically by missionary name; consult the index to identify the names of missionaries in China and the dates of their correspondence.
- See also:
- The China Years, 1925-1952: The Life and Letters of the Rev. and Mrs. Clifford V. Cook. Ed. Raymond Cook. New York: Marion Boyars, 2005.
266.76 C771c
- "To Save their Heathen Souls": Voyage to and Life in Fouchow, China, Based on Wentworth Diaries and Letters, 1854-1858. Ed. Polly Park. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 1984.
Little Library Stacks 266.76 T627
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911: China [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-29
Guide:
Calendar of correspondence: reels 296-298
Personal name index (arranged by geographic area): reel 301
Includes incoming correspondence and records from missionaries as well as outgoing correspondence from the headquarters of the Board of Foreign Missions.
- To Bend and Rise as the Bamboo: Letters from China, 1931-1942. Comp. Arthur Romig and Helen Romig. Albuquerque, NM: Franklin's Press Masters, 1993.
Little Library Stacks 266.5 R765t
- Southern Baptist Church
- Send the Light: Lottie Moon's Letters and Other Writings. Ed. Keith Harper. Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 2002.
266.6 M818s
- Other Collections of Correspondence
- American Missionary Eyewitnesses to the Nanking Massacre, 1937-1938. Ed. Martha Lund Smalley. New Haven, CT: Yale Divinity School, 1997.
951.04 A512
- See also:
- Christianity in China: A Scholar's Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States. Archie Crouch et al. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1989.
Reference R 016.275 C555
- International Mission Bibliography: 1960-2000. Ed. Norman E. Thomas. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.
Reference REF Z7817 .I58 2003
- Periodicals
For other titles, please see the library's lists of magazines and newspapers.
- America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
Contains digital facsimiles of over 1,375 seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth-century American newspapers; the full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
- Amerasia: A Review of America and the Far East [microfilm]
Place of publication: New York
Language: English
Library has: 1937-1947
Location: microfilm cabinet C-1
- China Magazine [microfilm]
Place of publication: New York
Publisher: Chinese News Service
Language: English
Library has: 1938-1949
Location: microfilm cabinet C-10
- China Quarterly [microfilm]
Place of publication: Shanghai
Language: English
Library has: 1935-1941
Location: microfilm cabinet C-10
- The China Review [microfilm]
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: English
Library has: 1872-1901
Location: microfilm cabinet C-10
- The Chinese Recorder [microfilm]
Place of publication: Shanghai
Publisher: American Presbyterian Mission Press
Language: English
Library has: 1868-1940
Location: microfilm cabinet C-10
Index: The Chinese Recorder Index: A Guide to Christian Missions in Asia, 1867-1941, comp. Kathleen Lodwick (2 vols.; Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1986), shelved in Reference at call number R 266 L824c.
- The Chinese Social and Political Science Review [microfilm]
Place of publication: Peking
Publisher: Chinese Social and Political Science Association
Language: English
Library has: 1916-1941
Location: microfilm cabinet C-10
- The Christian Science Monitor [microfilm]
Library has: 1954 to present
Location: microfilm cabinet C-11
Index (1954-1992): Reference Index Area R 070 C555
- Far-Eastern Review [microfilm]
Place of publication: Shanghai; Manila
Language: English
Library has: 1904-1941
Location: microfilm cabinet C-14
- Hongqi [microfilm]
Place of publication: Beijing
Publisher:Hong qi za zhi she
Language: Chinese
Library has: (1958-1971)
Location: microfilm cabinet C-16
Also known as Hung ch'i or "Red Flag."
- Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society [microfilm]
Place of publication: Shanghai
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, North China Branch, Shanghai
Language: English
Library has: 1864-1948
Location: microfilm cabinet C-27
Shelved under the title "North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Journal."
- New York Times
Library has:
Index (1851 to present): Reference Index Area R 071 N53
Personal Name Index: Reference Index Area 071 N53p
- The Times [microfilm]
Place of publication: London
Library has: 1788 to present
Location: microfilm cabinets C35-C37
Index: Reference Index Area R 070 T58
- Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society [microfilm]
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, China Branch
Language: English
Library has: 1848-1859
Location: microfilm cabinet C-38
- The Wall St. Journal [microfilm]
Library has: 1961 to present
Location: microfilm cabinet C-42
Index (1961-2003): Reference Index Area R 071 W187
- The Washington Post [microfilm]
Library has: 1877 to present
Location: microfilm cabinets C-43 through C-47
- Other Examples
Be sure to consult the bibliographies in the reference History & Culture section too.
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office ... Part III, from 1940 through 1945: Series E, Asia. Ed. Paul Preston and Michael Partridge. 8 vols. Bethesda, MD: Univ. Publications of America, 1997.
Folio (Oversize) F 327.42 B8622 pt. 3 Ser. E
- Digital National Security Archive
Contains over 61,000 declassified U.S. government foreign policy documents dating from the mid to the late twentieth century. Includes China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998 and the Kissinger Transcripts (1969-1977), among other collections. These documents were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and are drawn from the collections of the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
(1974 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world.
- Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1861- .
Government Information Stacks S1.1 (Some volumes are online)
- Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-1949. Ed. Stuart R. Schram. 10 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1992- .
Little Library Stacks 951.04 M296s-T
- Shanghai Municipal Police Files (1894-1945) [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-33
Guide: Reference R 016.951 S528
Contains many records from the archives of the British-run municipal police force in the International Settlement in Shanghai; the police force collected intelligence on political
demonstrations, strikes, social unrest, and subversive activities (both foreign and domestic).
Secondary Sources
Books | Articles
- Books
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
- To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
- To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- ebrary
A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: To read ebrary books, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
- WorldCat
Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Articles
- Core Resources for Asian Studies
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) Online
(1971 to present) Indexes articles, essays in edited collections, conference proceedings, and other materials on all subjects related to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Also lists books published between 1971 and 1992. International in scope; most citations are to works written in Western languages.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Web of Knowledge
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Other Resources
Be sure to explore the library's other indexes and databases too, including those listed on the pages for religion and political sciences.
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- JSTOR
Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a plus sign +
- Phrase searching: automatic
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Social Sciences Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
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