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China Revolutionized

John Stuart Thomson

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 470 pages

China Revolutionized is a 1913 historical account by John Stuart Thomson of China during its early republican upheaval. It surveys the country's political and social transformation through the author's observations, photographs and maps. Listen for a contemporary Western perspective on a turning point in modern Chinese history.

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Contents

  1. CHINA REVOLUTIONIZED
  2. CONTENTS
  3. CHINA REVOLUTIONIZED
  4. I THE GENESIS OF THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA AND ITS HISTORY From October 10, 1911, to Yuan Shih Kai’s Acceptance of the Pro
  5. II WIT AND HUMOR IN CHINA
  6. III INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CHINA.
  7. IV FINANCE AND BUDGET IN CHINA
  8. V BUSINESS METHODS OF FOREIGNERS IN CHINA
  9. VI RAILWAYS IN CHINA
  10. VII SHIPPING AND WATER ROUTES IN CHINA
  11. VIII AMERICA IN CHINA
  12. IX THE NATIVE LEADERS
  13. X CHINA’S INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
  14. XI CHINESE INTERNAL POLITICS
  15. XII SOME PUBLIC WORKS IN OLD CHINA
  16. XIII THE INFLUENCE OF JAPAN
  17. XIV PRESSURE OF RUSSIA AND FRANCE ON CHINA
  18. XV SOME FOREIGN TYPES IN CHINA, AND THEIR INFLUENCE
  19. XVI THE MANCHU
  20. XVII CHINA’S ARMY AND NAVY
  21. XVIII MODERN EDUCATION IN CHINA
  22. XIX NOTES ON CHINESE LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
  23. XX LIFE OF FOREIGNERS IN CHINA
  24. XXI FOREIGN CITIES OF CHINA
  25. XXII NATIVE CITIES OF CHINA
  26. XXIII RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARY CHINA
  27. XXIV LEGAL PRACTISE AND CRIME IN CHINA
  28. XXV CHINESE DAILY LIFE
  29. XXVI CLIMATE, DISEASE AND HYGIENE
  30. XXVII CHINESE WOMANHOOD

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