Sun Yat-sen
By: by Marie-Claire Bergere ;translated from the French by Janet Lloyd.
Contributors: Lloyd, Janet.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.; Presidents -- China -- Biography.
Description: Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), the first president of the Republic of China, has left a supremely ambivalent political and intellectual legacy - so much so that he is claimed as a Founding Father by both the present rival governments in Taipei and Beijing.

This book argues that the life and work of Sun Yat-sen have been distorted both by the creation of the myth and by the attempts at demythification. Its aim is to provide a fresh overall evaluation of the man and the events that turned an adventurer into the founder of the Chinese Republic and the leader of a great nationalist movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-470) and index.

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