China Fights for the World

ISBN-13: 9781138911024 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 292 str.

J. Gunnar Andersson

Opis

This book, first published in 1939, is an account of J. Gunnar Andersson's travels in China from 1914 to 1927 while he was serving as a mining advisor to the Chinese government. Andersson discusses China's political and economic situation at the time, including the fight for unity, and the future of the region. This book will be of interest to students of history and Asian Studies.

Spis treści

Preface;  1. Greater Shanghai  2. A Pilgrim Sees Mecca  3. Spring on the Purple Mountain  4. Time Flies Quickly Over China  5. Chiang Kai-Shek and the Northern Campaign  6. Chiang Fights for the Unity of the Country  7. Reconstruction  8. The New Life Movement  9. Chiang and the Reds  10. The Sian Episode  11. Japan’s Continental Policy  12. From Lu Kou Chiao to the Yellow River  13. Good-bye to Peking  14. The Fight for Shanghai  15. The Burning of Chapei  16. The Fall of Nanking  17. The Struggle for Hsuchow and Hankow  18. Guerrillas  19. The War and the Great Powers  20. Hong Kong and Port Courbet  21. The Future of East Asia;  Index

O autorze

J. Gunnar Andersson