| Key Questions |
Activities |
Resources |
| What was China like in 1900? |
Introductory overview through handout
notes and DVD on the Last Emperor
Careful notes from Lynch based on the excellent diagram on page
16.
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Michael Lynch China: from Empire to
People's Republic 1900-49
Chapter 1 gives an excellent 10 page overview of the period 1900-49.
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| How effectively did Mao Zedong adapt
Marxist theory to Chinese conditions during the Jiangxi and Yanan
years? |
Notemaking activity.
Lynch has a statement well worth considering 'Chinese Communism
was Chinese first and Communism second' |
Michael Lynch (63) outlines the pages
needed for this. In addition to Chapter 3, Sections 1,2 and 4
(42-46, 51-54), you also need to read the whole of Chapter 6 and
make notes on 124-129. Page 130 has a useful summary diagram.
Also see extracts from (University level) David McLellan Marxism
After Marx
Last year's work on Marxism in
Russia is very important for this.
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| What were the causes of the Chinese Civil
war? |
Although we identify the civil war years
as the period 1945-9, this period was more of a continuation of
earlier civil conflict going back to 'White Terror' of 1927. |
Michael Lynch. (37-40, 42-54)
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| What was the significance of the Long
March? |
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/longmarc.htm
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Detailed map of the Long March
Wikipedia
on The Long March
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| Why did the Communists (CCP) win the
Civil War? |
Draw up an essay planning table that
distinguishes between Communist strengths and Nationalist
weaknesses. |
Michael Lynch (54-60) Begin by looking at
p.65 which offers you an essay/notemaking plan on the
question.
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| Compare and Contrast the Spanish Civil
War with the Chinese Civil War. |
Essay |
Michael Lynch
Planning sheet
Spanish Civil War at the IST
Next topic - Mao's China
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