Li Hung-Chang: His Life and Times

ISBN-13: 9781108024006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str.

Alicia E. Neve Little

Opis

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."