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Yuan Shikai : a reappraisal / Patrick Fuliang Shan.
Van Pelt Library DS777.15.Y83 S53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shan, Patrick Fuliang, author.
- Series:
- Contemporary Chinese studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yuan, Shikai, 1859-1916.
- Yuan, Shikai.
- Presidents--China--Biography.
- Presidents.
- China.
- China--History--19th century.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 321 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- This first major comprehensive study of Yuan Shikai in more than half a century explores the controversial life of one of the most important figures in China's transition from empire to republic.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- An elite clan
- The early years
- Imperial commissioner in Korea
- Training the first modern army
- The hundred days
- Governor of Shandong
- Governor General of Zhili and imperial minister
- Dismissal and reclusion
- The 1911 Revolution
- Provisional president
- President
- "Emperor"
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780774837781
- 0774837780
- OCLC:
- 1030759126
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