Overview
Through the individual characteristics of China's political leaders, a nation-building process began. Chinese leaders fell into two categories of reformers: conservative and liberal. Conservative reformers saw a corruption of the moral order of society that needed to be eliminated in order to restore the country's moral integrity, while liberal reformers attempted to embrace the flaws and lead China toward Socialism. One hundred Chinese leaders—from the Opium War to 2001—are profiled in this comprehensive biographical dictionary. This book provides the most up-to-date coverage of modern Chinese political leadership during the Imperial, Republican, and Communist periods. Political leaders throughout each period had a common desire for reform within the country while maintaining China's political and cultural legacy. Leung invokes the uniqueness of those leaders in their struggle for personal gain and national improvement as they fought to preserve traditional values. Written by 30 international scholars and experts in the field using both Western and Chinese sources, this is the most authoritative dictionary on the subject.
Full Product Details
Author: Edwin Leung ,
Edwin Leung
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.765kg
ISBN: 9780313302169
ISBN 10: 0313302162
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 30 October 2002
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
?Covering leaders from the period of the Opium Wars (1839-1842) to the beginning of the twenty-first century--the late Imperial, Republican, and Communist eras--this volume is a very useful reference for anyone studying modern China....Many readers of Chinese history find the array of unfamiliar names can be daunting. For those readers, this dictionary should be a welcome tool. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Covering leaders from the period of the Opium Wars (1839-1842) to the beginning of the twenty-first century--the late Imperial, Republican, and Communist eras--this volume is a very useful reference for anyone studying modern China....Many readers of Chinese history find the array of unfamiliar names can be daunting. For those readers, this dictionary should be a welcome tool. Recommended for large public and academic libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin The most authoritative and up-to-date text on this topic. Highly recommended. General and academic readers. -Choice ?Covering leaders from the period of the Opium Wars (1839-1842) to the beginning of the twenty-first century--the late Imperial, Republican, and Communist eras--this volume is a very useful reference for anyone studying modern China....Many readers of Chinese history find the array of unfamiliar names can be daunting. For those readers, this dictionary should be a welcome tool. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?The most authoritative and up-to-date text on this topic. Highly recommended. General and academic readers.?-Choice
Author Information
EDWIN PAK-WAH LEUNG is Professor of Asian Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Graduate Program at Seton Hall University. He has published over ten books, including Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976 (Greenwood, 1992) and Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War (2001).
