New IGNOU EHI-06 Help Book History of China and Japan: 1840-1949 in English – BA History Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Society, Economy and Polity
Land and People (East Asia)
Society and Polity: China
Society and Polity: Japan
Traditional Economy: China and Japan
Religion and Culture: China and Japan

Block 2 – Western Imperialism
The Opium Wars in China
The Unequal Treaty System in China
Japan and the West (Up to the Meiji Restoration)

Block 3 – Japan: Transition to Modernization
Decline of Feudalism and the Meiji Restoration
Modernization in Japan-1
Modernization in Japan-2
Modernization in Japan-3

Block 4 – Rebellions, Reforms and Revolution
Taiping Uprising
Boxer Rebellion
Self Strengthening Movement and Hundred Days Reforms
Political Reforms in Japan
The Chinese Revolution of 1911

Block 5 – Foreign Relations
Meiji Japan-I
Meiji Japan-II
Japan and World War-1
China and World War-1

Block 6 – Post World War-I-Japan
Rise of Political Parties
Rise of Militarism
Post World War-I Economy
Japanese Imperialism upto Second World War
Japan after World War-II

Block 7 – Post-Revolutionary China, 1911-21
Post-Revolutionary Developments, 1911-19
Cultural Movement
Foreign Investment and Rise of the New Class
Rise of Nationalism

Block 8 – Communist Movement in China 1921-49
Formation of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
United Front
Kiangsi Soviet Experience
CPC and the War with Japan
The Chinese Revolution