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The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China Trade paperback - 2009

by Pakula, Hannah

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New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x2x9. Seventh printing. Rear cover creased, remainder mark. 2009 Trade Paperback. xix, 787 pp. With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taipei. Praised by China scholar Jonathan Spence for “an impressive amount of telling material, drawn from a wide array of sources,” Pakula presents an epic historical tapestry, a wonderfully wrought narrative that brings to life what Americans should know about China—the superpower we are inextricably linked with.
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  • Title The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
  • Author Pakula, Hannah
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition 7th Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 816
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2336754
  • ISBN 9781439148945 / 1439148945
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 2.1 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 5.33 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects China - History - Republic, 1912-1949, Taiwan - History - 1945-
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011381796
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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