Sun Yat-Sen

by Marie-Claire Bergère

Book Overview

Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), the first president of the Republic of China, has left a supremely ambivalent political and intellectual legacy--so much so that he is claimed as a Founding Father by both the present rival governments in Taipei and Beijing. In Taiwan, he is the object of a veritable cult; in the People's Republic of China, he is paid homage as "pioneer of the revolution," making possible the Party's claims of continuity with the national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804740119
• ISBN13: 9780804740111
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"