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Yuan Shikai : a reappraisal

Yuan Shikai : a reappraisal

Shan, Patrick Fuliang, author.
Book 2018

"Statesman or warlord? Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) has been hailed as China's George Washington for his key role in the country's transition from empire to republic. In any list of significant modern Chinese figures, he stands in the first rank. Yet Yuan Shikai: A Reappraisal sheds new light on the equally controversial history of this talented administrator, fearsome general, and enthusiastic modernizer. After toppling the last emperor of China, Yua...

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China History 19th century
Presidents China Biography
Yuan, Shikai, 1859-1916
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ISBN:
9780774837781
Description:
ix, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
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"
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2610438
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