Modern Chinese social, economic and cultural history.

History of Women in China

History of the People's Republic of China

Modern China

Far Eastern History

Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan. Stanford University Press, 1994.

Militarism in Modern China: The Career of Wu Pei-fu, 1916-1939. Columbia East Asian Institute Series. Dawson and Australian National University Press, 1978.

"Communist Sources for Localizing the Study of the Sino-Japanese War" In Chinese Collaboration With Japan, 1932-45. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 2001. pp. 226-235 and 279-284.

"Mechanism of Communist Co-optation: Wartime Nationalist Consensus Movement in Shangcheng County, Henan" Twentieth Century China. 25, 1, (November 1999): 71-112.

"Expert Assessor of International Standing." The Australian Research Council, Australia, 2003-4.

Professor of History (external), South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.

Visiting Professor, Guangxi Institute for Nationalities, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.

Professor of History (External), Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.