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Tong Shao-Yi and His Family
David G. Hinners
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Description for Tong Shao-Yi and His Family
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Tong Shao-Yi and His Family presents a biography of the Chinese statesman Tong Shao-Yi, one of the first hundred boys sent from China in the 1870's to live with American families and attend American schools. Tong returned to China in 1881 to become a protégé of the statesman Yuan Shikai and the most influential of the "Young China" group of Western-educated diplomats and officials. One of the founders of the Chinese Republic in 1911-1912, Tong served briefly as Prime Minister and was later often sought for advice and collaboration by contending factions until his mysterious assassination in 1938. David G. ... Read more
Tong Shao-Yi and His Family presents a biography of the Chinese statesman Tong Shao-Yi, one of the first hundred boys sent from China in the 1870's to live with American families and attend American schools. Tong returned to China in 1881 to become a protégé of the statesman Yuan Shikai and the most influential of the "Young China" group of Western-educated diplomats and officials. One of the founders of the Chinese Republic in 1911-1912, Tong served briefly as Prime Minister and was later often sought for advice and collaboration by contending factions until his mysterious assassination in 1938. David G. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761813927
SKU
V9780761813927
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99-15
About David G. Hinners
David G. Hinners is a retired Social Science Research Analyst for the Department of Justice, the Bureau of the Census; the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and the State Department.
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