English-Language Primary Sources in Asian History Available at Ames Library (Partial listing) China

Timothy Brook, ed., Documents on the Rape of Nanking, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. DS796 .N2 D63 1999 A collection of letters and statements issued by the International Committee to outside sources; internal memoranda on security and materials; and records of atrocities.

Chinese Literature Journal of English translations of short stories, poems, and operas, accompanied by representative art work produced in China from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s—encompassing the period of the Cultural Revolution.

Far Eastern Quarterly Available through J-stor An English language periodical of the 1940s and early1950s focusing on current events in East Asia.

Foreign Relations of the United States JX 233 A3 A publication of the U.S. State Department, 1930s-1950s; diplomatic correspondence covering issues of strategic interest to the U.S., including East Asian domestic politics and international relations. See annual volumes on China, Japan, or East Asia.

United States Relations with China, (also known as the China White Paper), U.S. Department of State, 1949. Analysis with documents drafted by the State Department to defend U.S. China policy during the 1940s in the face of anti-Communist criticism that the American policy had lost China.

Hinton, William, Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village HD 1333 .C62 C474 1966 Classic case study of the post-war (1946-1949) land reform in North China

Raymond Lotta, ed., And Mao Makes 5: Mao Tse-tung s Last Great Battle, Chicago:Banner Press, 1978 English-language translations of political and social analyses written by the so-called Gang of Four. Also includes articles by workers and others describing model industrial and rural efforts to implement the revolutionary line of Mao during the last years of the Cultural Revolution--until his death in 1976.

Tony Saich, ed., The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996 JQ 1519 .A5 R57 1996 A large and exceptionally valuable volume, replete with commentaries, containing crucial documents produced by the CCP from its founding in 1921 to its seizure of power in 1949. Includes resolutions of Party congresses, land laws, directives on the United Front, etc., as well as a detailed chronology of events.

Michael Schoenhals, ed., China s Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969: Not a Dinner Party DS 778.7 .C456 1996 A collection of translated government statements and directives, newspaper articles, and other documents from the Cultural Revolution, arranged topically.

Stuart Schram, ed., Mao s Road to Power DS 778 .M3 A25 1992 A multi-volume collection of Mao Zedong s complete collected works; a work in progress, only the first several volumes are available, including writings from 1917 to 1927

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, 2 Volumes DS 778 .T39 A25 1992 Deng was Communist Party leader from 1978-1996; architect of post-Mao Reforms Vol.1 includes major writings prior to 1949; Vol. 2 is post-1949

Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi, 2 Volumes DS 778 .L49 A25 1984 Liu was the #2 leader of the Communist Party for many years Vol.1 includes major writings prior to 1949; Vol. 2 is post-1949

Selected Works of Lu Xun PL 2754 .S5 A294 1980 A 4-volume collection of the writings of Lu Xun, China s most celebrated writer of the 20th century; Vol. 1 includes short stories, prose poems, and reminiscences; Vol. 2, 3, and 4 include his essays

Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung, 5 Volumes DS 778 .M3 A2 1976 Mao led the Communist Party and the Chinese Revolution from 1935 to 1976 Vol. 1 includes major writings 1927-1937 (First Civil War, Philosophical Essays) Vol. 2 includes major writings 1937-1941 (War of Resistance to Japan, I) Vol. 3 includes major writings 1941-1945 (War of Resistance to Japan, II) Vol. 4 includes major writings 1945-1949 (Second Civil War, Land Reform) Vol. 5 includes major writings 1949-1956 ( PRC from New Democracy to Socialism)

Selected Works of Zhou Enlai DS778 .C593 A2513 1981 Zhou was a central leader of the Communist Party, especially in diplomacy Vol.1 includes major writings prior to 1949; Vol. 2 is post-1949

Smalley, Martha Lund, ed., American Missionary Eyewitnesses to Nanking Massacre, 1937-1938, Yale Divinity School Library, Occasional Publication No. 9., 1997 (available from Prof. Lutze s personal library) Biographical sketches of missionaries, along with their letters and reports on the massacre and the refugee situation.

Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China, New York: Grove Press, 1968 Journalist s classic account of his 1936 encounters with Communist Party leaders and the Red Army in northern Shaanxi Province. Includes the only recorded autobiography of Mao Zedong.

Microfilm collections (Lower Level, East side, metal cabinets, call numbers in the DS 770s):

Chinese Press Review Translations of Chinese newspaper articles by the U.S. consulate general in Hong Kong, 1945-1949. Includes variety of newspaper perspectives, including Nationalist and Communist, and those in between. Newspapers from Beiping (Beijing), Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, etc.

Press Summaries of the US Consulate General, Hong Kong Current Background (June 1950-July 1977) 26 rolls

Selections from China Mainland Magazines (August 1955-September 1977) 30 rolls

English Language Newspapers Published in China

Shanghai News (June, 1950-1952) 3 rolls

Primary Sources from The Center for Research Libraries (available through Ames)

CALL # MF-6437. TITLE The Complete records of the mission of General George C. Marshall to China, December 1945-January 1947 [microform] IMPRINT [Wilmington, DE] : Scholarly Resources, c1987. OCLC # 19223154 .

TITLE Consular records, Tientsin, 1860-1952 [microfilm] AUTHOR Great Britain. Foreign Office. IMPRINT London : Public Record Office, 1992-1993. OCLC # 28037640 . HOLDINGS Center has: HOLDINGS MF-7932 (4 reels) F.O. 674/1-54.

CALL # FICHE. AUTHOR India Office Library and Records. TITLE British military intelligence on China and the Boxer Rising, c. 1880-1930 [microform] : secret gazetteers of the provinces of China, confidential print and intelligence reports. IMPRINT Leiden : IDC, 2004. OCLC # 57620205. HOLDINGS Center has: HOLDINGS UB251.I9 H37 Guide (Ref Copy) HOLDINGS E-13291 Guide (Loan Copy) Online Guide Connect to http://www.idc.nl/catalog/faid/439faid.html http://www.idc.nl/catalog/faid/439faid.html

CALL # MF-5703. TITLE Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of China, 1930-1939 [microform] : Decimal file 893. IMPRINT Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1985. OCLC # 13193991 . Online guide http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/25627