The origins of Chinese civilization -- The development of imperial china to 1644 -- The manchu conquest and the coming of the ewst bibliographical notes -- The origins of Japanese civilization -- Japanese feudalism to 1630 -- The tokugawa shogunate -- Forces for change -- Western imperialism and dynastic decline -- The taiping rebellion and second treaty settlement -- Confucianism and modernization, 1861-1894 -- The impact of imperialism on China -- Reform, revolution, rebellion, 1895-1901 -- Reform and revolution, 1902-1912 -- Yuan shih-k' ai and the failure of the republic -- The restoration of imperial rule -- The abolition of feudalism -- The emergence of factional struggles -- Political parties and the constitutional struggle -- Japanese expansion in Asia -- Industrialization and political development -- World war I and Japan -- The aftermath of world war I in Japan -- The nationalist revoltion, 1920-1928 -- China under chiang K'ai-shek, 1928-1937 -- China at war, 1937-1945 -- China after world war II -- Party government in Japan -- The triumph of Japanese militarism -- The road to war -- Japan after world war II

1. China -- History
2. Japan -- History
3. China -- Civilization
4. Japan -- Civilization