Big sister, little sister, red sister : three women at the heart of twentieth-century China
Item details
- ISBN: 9780451493507
- ISBN: 0451493508
- ISBN: 9780451493514
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Physical Description:
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xx, 374 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 25 cm - Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "A Borzoi book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-354) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The road to the republic (1866-1911). The rise of the father of China -- Soong Charlie: a methodist preacher and a secret revolutionary -- The sisters and Sun Yat-sen (1912-1925). Ei-ling: a "mighty smart" young lady -- China embarks on democracy -- The marriages of Ei-ling and Ching-ling -- To become Mme Sun -- 'I wish to follow the example of my friend Lenin' -- The sisters and Chiang Kai-shek (1926-1936) -- Shanghai ladies -- May-ling meets the Generalissimo -- Married to a beleaguered dictator -- Ching-ling in exile: Moscow, Berlin, Shanghai -- The husband and wife team -- Getting Chiang's Son back from Stalin's clutches -- 'A woman protects a man' -- The sisters in wars (1937-1950). Bravery and corruption -- Red sister's frustration -- Little sister's triumph and misery -- The downfall of the Chiang regime -- Three women, three destinies (1949-2003). 'We must crush warm-feeling-ism': being Mao's vice chairman -- 'I have no regrets' -- Taiwan days -- The Hollywood connection -- New York, New York -- In the face of a changed time. |
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