V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China

by Stephen G. Craft

Book Overview

" The first full biography of one of the essential figures behind the creation of modern China. Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo (1888-1985) was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in twentieth-century China. After earning a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Koo entered government service in 1912 intent on revising the unequal treaty system imposed on China in the nineteenth century, believing that breaking the shackles of imperialism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123143
• ISBN13: 9780813123141
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher