PART ONE：THE OPIUM WAR．THE TAIPING REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ THE OPIUM WAR 3
Section 1 Banning the Opium Trade 3
Section 2 The Opium War and the Chinese Army-Civiliam Resistance 7
Section 3 The First of the Unequal Treaties；China After the Opium War 11
CHAPTER Ⅱ THE TAIPING REVOLUTION 16
Section 1 The Rise and Development of the Taiping Revolutionary Movement 16
Section 2 The Taipings＇Agrarian System and Foreign Policy 20
Section 3 The Second Opium War 22
Section 4 The Last Period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 25
CHAPTER Ⅲ THE RISINGS OF THE NIENS(THE＂TORCH BEARERS＂)AND THE NATIONAL MINORITIES 28
Section 1 The Revolts of the Niens and the Kweichow Miaos 28
Section 2 The Revolts of the Huis(Moslems)in Yunnan and Northwestern China 31
PART TWO：CHINESE NATIONAL CAPITALISM．THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR OF 1894 35
CHAPTER Ⅳ THE RISE OF CHINESE NATIONAL CAPITALISM 37
Section 1 Emergence of the Chinese Proletariat and Bourgeoisie 37
Section 2 The＂Westernization＂Movement 39
CHAPTER Ⅴ THE SINO-FRENCH WAR 42
Section 1 The Imperialists and the Border Regions 42
Section 2 The Sino-French War 44
CHAPTER Ⅵ THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR OF 1894 45
Section 1 The Outbreak of Hostilities 45
Section 2 The Aftermath 47
PART THREE：REFORM MOVEMENT OF 1898 AND THE YI HO TUAN UPRISING 51
CHAPTER Ⅶ THE GROWING NATIONAL CRISIS 53
CHAPTER Ⅷ THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF 1898 57
Section 1 Nascent National Capitalism；Preparations for Reform 57
Section 2 The Reform 60
CHAPTER Ⅸ THE YI HO TUAN MOVEMENT 63
Section 1 Its Development 63
Section 2 Resistance to Imperialist Allied Forces 66
PART FOUR：THE REVOLUTION OF 1911 73
CHAPTER Ⅹ THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT 75
Section 1 The Beginning 75
Section 2 The Tung Meng Hui(Revolutionary League) 78
Section 3 Anti-Ching Struggles 80
CHAPTER Ⅺ THE REVOLUTION OF 1911 84
Section 1 The Wuchang Uprising 84
Section 2 The Founding of the Republic of China 88
CHAPTER Ⅻ STRUGGLES AGAINST NORTHERN WARLORDS＇RULE 90
Section 1 The＂Second Revolution＂ 90
Section 2 The National Salvation Campaign 93
Section 3 Campaign for Upholding the Constitution 95
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ THE GROWTH OF THE CHINESE PROLETARIAT 97
CHAPTER ⅩⅣ DAWN OF THE NEW STAGE OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION 99
A CHRONICLE OF CHIEF EVENTS 104