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The human tradition in modern China / edited by Kenneth J. Hammond and Kristin Stapleton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Human tradition around the world
- The human tradition around the world series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Biography.
- China.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Modern China
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2008]
- Summary:
- Through compelling biographies of a wide range of historical figures, this engaging text presents a panorama of modern Chinese history that illustrates the great social and political changes that have occurred over the past 500 years. Through the lives of both the famous and the obscure, the contributors explore such enduring themes of the flexibility of the definition of 'Chinese' in an era of imperialism and revolution, the tremendous transformations in gender relations, and the wide gap between the lives of urban and rural Chinese. Richly researched, these biographies are written in an accessible and appealing style that will engage all readers interested in modern China.
- Contents:
- Li Shizhen: early modern scientist / Kenneth J. Hammond
- Amazon, artist, and adventurer: a courtesan in late imperial China / Daria Berg
- Zou Boqi on vision and photography in nineteenth-century China / Oliver Moore
- Ho Kai: a Chinese reformer in colonial Hong Kong / John Carroll
- Der Ling: Manchu princess, cultural advisor, and author / Shuo Wang
- Li Chenggan: patriot, populist, and factory patriarch / Joshua H. Howard
- The Beijing University students in the May Fourth era: a collective biography / Fabio Lanza
- The reluctant mendicant / Hugh Shapiro
- Hu Lanqi: rebellious woman, revolutionary soldier, discarded heroine, and triumphant Survivor / Kristin Stapleton
- Zhao Ruiqin: a peasant woman in Gansu and domestic worker in Beijing / Pan Yihong.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780742554658
- 0742554651
- 9780742554665
- 074255466X
- OCLC:
- 154678483
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