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The last empress : Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the birth of modern China / Hannah Pakula.

Pakula, Hannah. (Author).

Summary:

With the powerful Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the 20th century, the story of the founding of modern China ranges from the revolution that swept away the monarchy to the eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taiwan.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781439148938
  • ISBN: 1439148937
  • Physical Description: xix, 787 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on lining paper.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-759) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
List of principal characters -- 1866-1900 -- 1894-1927 -- 1928-1936 -- 1937-1942 -- 1942-1943 -- 1943-1945 -- 1945-1949 -- 1949-1975 -- 1975-2003.
Subject:
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
Presidents' spouses > China > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > Taiwan > Biography.
China > History > Republic, 1912-1949.
Taiwan > History > 1945-
Genre:
Biographies.

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Cleveland County Main Library B CHIANG (Text) 22281500058284 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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