Suzanne C Pepper

Civil War in China: The Political Struggle, 1945-1949

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945_1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first and remains the only comprehensive analysis of how the ruling Nationalists lost that war_not just militarily, but by alienating the civilian ...

The Nationalist Era in China, 1927-1949

In recent years historians of China have focused increased attention on the critical decades of National rule on the mainland. This recent scholarship has substantially modified our understanding of the political events of this momentous period, shedding light on the character of Nationalist rule an...

Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform

This thoroughly researched study provides an invaluable account of Hong Kong's political evolution from its founding as a British colony to the present. Exploring the interplay between colonial, capitalist, communist, and democratic forces in shaping Hong Kong's political institutions and culture, S...

Radicalism and Education Reform in 20th-Century China: The Search for an Ideal Development Model

In 1976, China's "education revolution" was being hailed by foreign observers as an inspiration for all low-income countries. By 1980, the Chinese themselves had disavowed the experience, declaring it devoid of even a single redeeming virtue. This is the first comprehensive book to cover the whole...

Civil War in China: The Political Struggle 1945-1949

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945-1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first and remains the only comprehensive analysis of how the ruling Nationalists lost that warnot just militarily, but by alienating the civilian p...

China's Education Reform in the 1980s: Policies, Issues and Historical Perspectives (China Research Monograph 36)

Book by Suzanne Pepper

China's Universities: Post-Mao Enrollment Policies and Their Impact on the Structure of Secondary Education (Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies)