Creators of Modern China British Museum
This insightful book, written by a large team of international scholars and specialists, sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide the reader with an understanding--told through the lives…
Specifikacia Creators of Modern China British Museum
This insightful book, written by a large team of international scholars and specialists, sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide the reader with an understanding--told through the lives of 100 significant individuals--of how China transformed from dynastic empire to a modern, republican nation during the period 1796 to 1912.Both famous and surprisingly little-known women and men are brought together in eight thematic sections that illuminate the birth of modern China. Featured figures include the Dowager Empress Cixi, the power behind the throne of the Qing Dynasty for fifty years; Yu Rongling, who is regarded as the founder of modern dance in China and who trained in Paris with Isadora Duncan; Duanfang, China's first serious collectorof international art before being murdered by his own troops in the 1911 Revolution; Shi Yang, the greatest woman pirate in the
Treasures of the British Museum
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A History of Modern China
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British Museum Strathie Chae
British Museum Hawk Goldie
British Museum Strathie Chae