Sun Yat-sen

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Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), the first president of the Republic of China, has left a supremely ambivalent political and intellectual legacy - so much so that he is claimed as a Founding Father by both the present rival governments in Taipei and Beijing. This book argues that the life and work of Sun Yat-sen have been distorted both by the creation of the myth and by the attempts at demythification. Its aim is to provide a fresh overall evaluation of the man and the events that turned an adventurer…

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Title Statements

Full title :Sun Yat-sen / by Marie-Claire Bergère ; translated from the French by Janet Lloyd.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Stanford University Press
Place of Publication:Stanford, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 480 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0804731705, 9780804731706, 0804740119, 9780804740111
oclc:ocm37663236
LC Classification:DS777
Dewey Decimal:951.04/1/092

Subjects

Biografie Biographies Biography China Chine -- 1912-1928 Chine -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1… Hommes d'État -- Biographies. -- Chine Presidents Présidents -- Biographies. -- Chine Presidents -- Biography. -- China Revolutionaire bewegingen Sun, Yat-sen Sun, Zhongshan