Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the
19th century laid the foundations of modern China. Through telling
the lives of one hundred significant individuals, this book
explores how China transformed from dynastic empire to modern
republican nation during the period 1796 to 1912. Both famous and
surprisingly little-known women and men are brought together in
eight thematic sections that bring to life the complexities of
China’s path to modernity. Featured figures include the Dowager
Empress Cixi, the power behind the throne of the Qing dynasty for
fifty years; Yu Rongling, the aristocratic daughter of a Qing
diplomat who trained in Paris with Isadora Duncan and is now seen
as one of the founders of modern dance in China; Shi Yang, the most
powerful woman pirate in the world, celebrated in popular culture
as a female icon; the Manchu-Chinese Duanfang, a lynchpin of late
Qing government and an avid collector of international art,
murdered by his own troops in the 1911 Revolution that ended
dynastic rule; Luo Zhenyu, a pioneer of Chinese archaeology whose
discoveries and research empirically confirmed the antiquity of
Chinese civilization; and many others. Written by an international
team of specialists, this book populates the landscapes of modern
Chinese history with extraordinary individuals, making sense of the
drama and creativity of the country’s ‘long 19th century’.
General
Imprint: |
Thames and Hudson
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2023 |
Editors: |
Jessica Harrison-Hall
• Julia Lovell
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 178 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-500-48080-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-500-48080-X |
Barcode: |
9780500480809 |
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