Yuan Shikai : a reappraisal /
This first major comprehensive study of Yuan Shikai in more than half a century explores the controversial life of one of the most important figures in China's transition from empire to republic.
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| Language: | English |
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Contemporary Chinese studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- An elite clan
- The early years
- Imperial commissioner in Korea
- Training the first modern army
- The hundred days
- Governor of Shandong
- Governor General of Zhili and imperial minister
- Dismissal and reclusion
- The 1911 Revolution
- Provisional president
- President
- "Emperor"
- Conclusion.