Trailblazer Research Guide
China: 1800-Present
China: 1800-Present
Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
- 951, 950
General Information
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia Ref. 950.03 L665
- Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture Ref. 950 C726
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures Ref. 306.03 E56
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life Ref. 306.03 W927
- Taiwan Ref. 909 M689t
Statistical Information
- Europa World Yearbook Ref. 314 E89
- Demographic Yearbook Ref. 312.058 D376
- Statistical Abstract of the World Ref. 310 S797
Biographical Information
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia Ref. 950.03 L665
- Encyclopedia of World Biography Ref. 920.02 E56
Finding Books Using the Online Catalog
Subject headings
- China--History
- China History--1795-1861
- China History--1861-1912
- China History--1912-1928
- China History--1928-1937
- China History--1937-1945
- China History--1945-
- China History--1949-
- China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
- China--Politics and government
- China--Politics and government--1949-1976 (for materials on the Cultural Revolution)
- Birth control--China
- Population policy--China
- Family policy--China
- China--Social conditions
- China--Religious life and customs
- Women--China
- Minorities--China
- Education--China
Keywords
- china, history, 19th century, 20th century, communism, hong kong, tibet, religion, medicine, women
- names of events/concepts/legislation e.g. boxer rebellion, cultural revolution, tiananmen, communism, islam
- names of individuals e.g. mao,
- names of groups e.g. falun gong (check for variants), communist party, muslims, women, minorities
Databases to Use for Finding Articles
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Universe (Lexis Nexis)
- ArticleFirst
- History Reference Center
- SocINDEX with Full-text
Internet Resources
- China: A Country Study http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html
- China (Includes Hong Kong and Macau): Country Reports on Human Rights Practices http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8289.htm
- Chinese Culture (This is a class syllabus, but many of the linked readings are useful) http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/
- Feminism in China (This is a bibliography of print sources) http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/chin.html
- The Gate of Heavenly Peace (PBS site on the Tiananmen Square Massacre) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gate/index.html
- The Government of Tibet in Exile (Official Page) http://www.tibet.com
- The Greatest Leap: How China's women have traveled from the ancient to the modern in four generations http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m2/wudunn.html
- Picturing Power: Posters of the cultural revolution http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/poster/PictPow1.html
- The Political Evolution of China (From The Eagle and Dragon Website) http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/China/Political%20Evolution/
- Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History (A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/documents/index.html
- Women in Chinese History (This is a bibliography of print sources) http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/womtxt.html
- The World Bank Office, Beijing http://www.worldbank.org/cn
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