| Edition |
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
| Description |
xix, 787 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Map on front and back lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 683-761) and index. |
| Summary |
With the powerful Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the 20th century, the story of the founding of modern China ranges from the revolution that swept away the monarchy to the eventual loss to the communists and exile in Taiwan. |
| Contents |
List of principal characters -- 1866-1900 -- 1894-1927 -- 1928-1936 -- 1937-1942 -- 1942-1943 -- 1943-1945 -- 1945-1949 -- 1949-1975 -- 1975-2003. |
| Subject |
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.
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Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. |
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Presidents' spouses -- China -- Biography.
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Presidents' spouses. |
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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Presidents' spouses -- Taiwan -- Biography.
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Taiwan. |
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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. |
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China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
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Taiwan -- History -- 1945-
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781439148938 |
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1439148937 |
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