Class Notes for Paul Thompson

History of china 3rd nov 11 [the age of division, 220-589, and buddhism] Map questions (outline of china will be given and important places may be numb

The post-taiping rebellion situation, the self-strengthening movement (c. 1865 1895, the sino-japanese war (1894 95) and the hundred-days. Reform (1898

Factional conflict, eunuchs, the decline of the centre and gentry reorganization. Aspects of the late ming collapse: environmental disaster and epidemi

The sino-japanese war (1894-95) and the hundred-days reform (1898) The background, development, and consequences of the boxer uprising (1900) The new p

Major journals for the history of china (available through uoft library website, ejournals): Journal of asian studies: toung pao, late imperial china,

One of the major issues in the 1st phase of cr was the identification of people in position of authority within the party who are taking the capitalist

The warlord era, 1916-1927 or 1937: reasons for the collapse of the republic, the creation of the communist party of china, the first united front, 192

Qing imperialism and the destruction of the dzungar mongols. Territorial expansion in the 18th century: yunnan, taiwan, tibet. Women"s agency and the f

Background to the taiping rebellion: the opium trade and its consequences, the opium war, 1839-1842, and the treaty of nanjing. The loyalist response a