LI HUNG-CHANG by Alicia E. Neve Little ( 9781108024006 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

LI HUNG-CHANG
HIS LIFE AND TIMES

By:

Alicia E. Neve Little

Format:

Paperback

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1108024009

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9781108024006

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION

Pub. date:

2 December, 2010

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History

Pages:

384

Description:

The first extensive account in English of the life of Chinese statesman Li Hung-Chang, first published in 1903.

Synopsis:

Alicia Little (1845-1926) was a prolific writer who moved to China after her marriage to missionary Archibald Little (1838-1907) in 1866. She published many accounts of Chinese culture and society before founding the successful campaign against foot-binding in 1895. This volume, first published in 1903, contains her biography of the eminent Chinese statesman Li Hung-Chang (1823-1901). Li was a towering figure in late nineteenth century Chinese political life, exerting a profound influence over Chinese foreign policy and relations and overseeing China's development of western style industrialism until his dramatic fall from power following China's defeat in the 1894 Sino-Japanese War. Using contemporary newspaper accounts, eyewitness descriptions, and interviews with his contemporaries, Little describes Li's life chronologically, describing his rise to prominence following the Taiping Rebellion in 1851. This volume was the first extensive account of Li's life to be published in English.

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5 b/w illus. 1 map

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Cambridge University Press

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