The Rise of the Chinese Republic: From the Last Emperor to Deng Xiaoping

by Edwin P. Hoyt

Book Overview

The Rise of the Chinese Republic describes the history of the Chinese people's revolutionary movement, from the corrupt and decadent Qing dynasty to the events of Tiananmen Square. In this book, Hoyt... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070306192
• ISBN13: 9780070306196
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A book about China from Chinese point of view

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