{"product_id":"sun-yatsen-9780804740111","title":"Sun YatSen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArguing that the life and work of Sun Yat-sen have been distorted by both myth and demythification, the author provides 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By setting Sun Yat-sen in his proper historical context, this excellent biography not only resuscitates a major historical figure but constitutes one of the best histories we have of the late Qing and early Republican period.\"—Frederic Wakeman, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a most welcome book, one that everyone interested in modern China has wanted for a long while. It is a readable, balanced, and judicious study . . . the most thorough book about Sun in a Western language, and so minutely researched that it goes far beyond any existing study.\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This study, by a leading historian of early-twentieth-century China, shows Sun's strengths as well as his weaknesses and helps explain his appeal. . . . Bergère provides enough context to make the biography accessible to general readers. Very highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote to reader  Maps  Introduction  Part I. 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, 1805  Part II. 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  Part III. 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  Biographical sketches  Notes  Bibliography  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405543612759,"sku":"9780804740111","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804740111.jpg?v=1730492781","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sun-yatsen-9780804740111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}