| Description |
ix, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. The Adventurer of the Southern Seas, 1866-1905. 1. The Formative Years, 1866-1894. 2. The Symbolic Creation of a Revolutionary Leader, 1894-1897. 3. The Symbolic Creation of a Revolutionary Movement, 1897-1900. 4. The Awakening of Chinese Nationalism and the Founding of the Revolutionary Alliance, 1905 -- Pt. 2. The Founding Father? 1905-1920. 5. Sun and the Revolutionary Alliance. 6. The Conspirator. 7. The (Adoptive) Father of the Chinese Republic. 8. Crossing the Desert, 1913-1920 -- Pt. 3. Sun's Last Years: National Revolution and Revolutionary Nationalism, 1920-1925. 9. Sun Yat-sen, Soviet Advisers, and the Canton Revolutionary Base, 1920-1924. 10. Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People. 11. Sun Yat-sen's Death and Transformation |
| Summary |
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 into the founder of the Chinese Republic and the leader of a great nationalist movement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-470) and index |
| Subject |
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.
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Presidents -- China -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Lloyd, Janet, 1934-
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| LC no. |
97035504 |
| ISBN |
0804731705 acid-free, recycled paper |
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