Edited by Cindy Yik-yi Chu and Ricardo K.S. Mak - Contributions by Ko-wu Huang; Philip Yuen-sang Leung; Wang Ke...

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 The Response of the Elite: Dao, Science and Yan Fu; The Reception of Yan Fu in Twentieth-Century China; Legitimation of Sun Yat-senism; Wang Jingwei and the 1911 Revolution
Chapter 6 Strategies of the Political Parties: Guomindang's Refugee Relief Efforts, 1937-1945; Rethinking Guomindang National Minority Policy and the Case of Inner Mongolia; Revolutionaries in Henan
Chapter 7 The Efforts of Society in Reconstructing History: The Study of Treaty Ports in China since 1949; Chinese Bankers in the Crossfire, 1937-1945; Maryknoll Sisters in Twentieth-Century Hong Kong
Chapter 8 About the Contributors
Chapter 9 Index

China Reconstructs includes ten articles that investigate the reconstruction of modern China and provide different dimensions to the vibrant and multifaceted history of the country. The book discusses how prominent individuals, political parties, and ordinary people alike looked for ways to "reconstruct China" in a period of great political upheavals.