Parks Coble is the James S. Sellers Professor of History, having joined the department in August 1976. Parks Coble's research field is 20th century China with special emphasis on the political history of Republican China (1911-1949), the history of Chinese business in the 20th century, and Sino-Japanese interactions. Recent publications have included a study of Chinese businessmen living in occupied China during World War II, and of the anti-Japanese movement in China in the 1930s.
The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China’s Civil War
Topic Discussed
- Historical Context
- Inflationary Policy
- Excessive Military Spending
- The CCP
- The Soong Family
- Elites’ American Education
- Primary Sources
- Chiang’s Daily Routines
- Dependence on American Aid
- Over-centralization of Power
- Legacies of Nationalist China
- Conducting Fieldwork in China
