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Edward McCord
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Director, Taiwan Education and Research Program
| 801 22nd St. NW #503K |
Phone: (202) 994-5785 |
| Washington, D.C. 20052 |
Email: mccord@gwu.edu |
Homepage: http://home.gwu.edu/~mccord/
Edward McCord is
a specialist in modern Chinese history and has lived and studied
for five years in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. He
is the author of a book on the origins of Chinese warlordism and
has contributed to articles in Modern China, Republican
China, and Modern Asian Studies. He is also a member
of the editorial board of Modern China. His current book project
examines militia organizations in Republican China (1911-1949). In
addition to his courses at GW, Professor McCord has lectured on
Chinese history at the Foreign Service Institute and the
Smithsonian Institution's Campus on the Mall program. (Complete C.V.)
Selected Publications
The Power of the Gun: The Emergence of Modern Chinese Warlordism. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
"Cries that Shake the Earth: Military Atrocities and Popular Protests in Warlord China." Modern China 31, no. 1 (January 2005): 3-34.
"Burn, Rape, Kill and Rob: Military Atrocities, Warlordism and Anti-Warlordism in Republican China." In The Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Chinese Society, ed. Diana Lary and Stephen MacKinnon, 3-47. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2001.
"Local Militia and State Power in Nationalist China." Modern China 25, no. 2 (April 1999): 115-141.
"The 'Three Lords' of Qiyang County: Military Office and Local Elite Power in Republican China." Modern China 23, no. 4 (October 1997): 459-492.
Courses Taught
Hist 118: China to 1800
Hist 187: Modern China
Hist 251: The Uses of History in International Affairs
Hist 295: Late Imperial China
Hist 296: 20th Century China
IAFF 91: East Asia-Past and Present
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985.
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