Public Passions: The Trial of Shi Jianqiao and the Rise of Popular Sympathy in Republican China

by Eugenia Lean

Book Overview

In 1935, a Chinese woman by the name of Shi Jianqiao murdered the notorious warlord Sun Chuanfang as he prayed in a Buddhist temple. This riveting work of history examines this well-publicized crime and the highly sensationalized trial of the killer. In a fascinating investigation of the media, political, and judicial records surrounding this cause c l bre, Eugenia Lean shows how Shi Jianqiao planned not only to avenge the death of her father,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520247183
• ISBN13: 9780520247185
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 6.3"