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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CHINA REVOLUTIONIZED
Copyright, 1913. The Bobbs-Merrill Company. The Honorable Yuan Shih Kai, confirmed as president of China by the National Assembly, January, 1913. A middle province type (Honan). He is wearing the uniform of the General-in-Chief of the northern army. A forceful progressive leader of the New China. CHINA REVOLUTIONIZED By JOHN STUART THOMSON AUTHOR OF The Chinese, Bud and Bamboo, Etc. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, April, 1913
The Bobbs-Merrill Company PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. DEDICATED TO MOTHER
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE GENESIS OF THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION Ј II WIT AND HUMOR IN CHINA 114 III Industrial and Commercial China 137 IV FINANCE AND BUDGET IN CHINA 161 V BUSINESS METHODS OF FOREIGNERS IN CHINA 175 VI 186 RAILWAYS IN CHINA VII SHIPPING AND WATER ROUTES IN CHINA 196 VIII 206 AMERICA IN CHINA к 222 THE NATIVE LEADERS Х China's International Politics 229 XI CHINESE INTERNAL POLITICS 242 XII SOME PUBLIC WORKS IN OLD CHINA 250 XIII THE INFluence OF JAPAN 259 XIV PRESSURE OF RUSSIA AND FRANCE ON CHINA 281 XV SOME FOREIGN TYPES IN CHINA, AND THEIR INfluence 288 XVI THE MANCHU 305 XVII CHINA'S ARMY AND NAVY 317 XVIII Modern Education In China 334 XIX LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE 351 XX LIFE OF FOREIGNERS IN CHINA 363
XXI FOREIGN CITIES OF CHINA 375 XXII NATIVE CITIES OF CHINA 433 XXIII RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARY CHINA 450 XXIV LEGAL PRACTISE AND CRIME IN CHINA 472 XXV CHINESE DAILY LIFE 487 XXVI CLIMATE, DISEASE AND HYGIENE 499 XXVII CHINESE WOMANHOOD 519 XXVIII AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN CHINA 533 XXIX CHINESE ARCHITECTURE AND ART 541 XXX SOCIOLOGICAL CHINA 255 XXXI Awakened Interest in America 567 INDEX 581
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