The last empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the birth of modern China /
Pakula, Hannah,
The last empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the birth of modern China / Hannah Pakula. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xix, 787 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-761) and index.
List of principal characters -- 1866-1900 -- 1894-1927 -- 1928-1936 -- 1937-1942 -- 1942-1943 -- 1943-1945 -- 1945-1949 -- 1949-1975 -- 1975-2003.
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.
1439148937 9781439148938
2009017576
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-
DS777.488.C515 / P35 2009
951.042092
The last empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the birth of modern China / Hannah Pakula. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xix, 787 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-761) and index.
List of principal characters -- 1866-1900 -- 1894-1927 -- 1928-1936 -- 1937-1942 -- 1942-1943 -- 1943-1945 -- 1945-1949 -- 1949-1975 -- 1975-2003.
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.
1439148937 9781439148938
2009017576
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-
DS777.488.C515 / P35 2009
951.042092