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Pakula, Hannah.
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Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
Presidents' spouses -- China -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- Taiwan -- Biography.
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
Taiwan -- History -- 1945-
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Pakula, Hannah.
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
Presidents' spouses -- China -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- Taiwan -- Biography.
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
Taiwan -- History -- 1945-
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The last empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the birth of modern China / Hannah Pakula.
by
Pakula, Hannah.
Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Call #:
951.042092 C532p
Subjects
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
Presidents
'
spouses
--
China
--
Biography
.
Presidents
'
spouses
--
Taiwan
--
Biography
.
China
--
History
--
Republic, 1912-1949.
Taiwan
--
History
--
1945-
URL856
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URL856
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ISBN:
9781439148938
1439148937
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
xix, 787 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Map on front and back lining papers.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 683-761) and index.
Contents:
List of principal characters
--
1866-1900
--
1894-1927
--
1928-1936
--
1937-1942
--
1942-1943
--
1943-1945
--
1945-1949
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1949-1975
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1975-2003.
Summary:
With the powerful Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the 20th century, the story of the founding of modern China ranges from the revolution that swept away the monarchy to the eventual loss to the communists and exile in
Taiwan
.
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Biographies.
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