Tracks China's transformation from the establishment of the People's Republic to its rise as a superpower in the twenty-first century.

Introduction Roderick MacFarquhar; 1. The establishment and consolidation of the new regime, 1949-57 Frederick C. Teiwes; 2. The Great Leap Forward and the split in Yan'an leadership, 1958-65 Kenneth Leiberthal; 3. The Chinese state in crisis, 1966-9 Harry Harding; 4. The succession to Mao and the end of Maoism, 1969-82 Roderick MacFarquhar; 5. The road to Tiananmen: Chinese politics in the 1980s Richard Baum; 6. Reaction, resurgence, and succession: Chinese politics since Tiananmen Joseph Fewsmith; 7. Globalization and governance under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao Alice Miller.