Wuhan University Centennial Classics: Modern Chinese Political History (1840-1926)

Author: Li Jianong
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is a supplement to Li Jianong's renowned work, The Last Thirty Years of Chinese Political History, published by the Commercial Press in 1948. It primarily outlines the political changes in China from the Opium War in 1840 to the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army in 1926. In 1956, the English translation was published by Stanford University Press, and it was also published in India in 1964. The American renowned scholar of modern Chinese history, John K. Fairbank, highly praised it, describing it as "the clearest and only comprehensive survey of modern Chinese political history, which holds significant value for Western researchers as a reliable chronicle and a concise collection of important materials." For the revised edition, it was based on the 1948 version by the Commercial Press, adopting a reprinted format with simplified characters, aiming to preserve the original appearance as a mark of respect.