Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives from Empire to Republic, 1796-1912 [Hardcover]

Brings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the countrys transition from dynastic empire to republic. [An] engagingly-written and beautifully-illustrated volume... 19th-century China emerges from these pages as a dynamic and fluctuating society... This is a book that should be in the library of anyone?interested in the development of modern China... A retrospective panorama of a fascinating period in Chinese history, packed with information and providing an entrance into a forgotten world.? An ambitious collection of biographical essays profiling 100 people who helped shape Chinas political, economic, and cultural landscape in the waning years of the Qing Dynasty& Providing a broad and inclusive survey of the era, this robust scholarly effort opens an informative window onto the history of a multiethnic, multilingual China.