Brings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the country’s transition from dynastic empire to republic. This insightful book, written by a large team of international scholars and specialists, sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide the reader with an understanding―told through the lives of 100 significant individuals―of how China transformed from dynastic empire to a modern, republican nation during the period 1796 to 1912. Both famous and surprisingly little-known women and men are br Creators of Modern China - Jessica Harrison-Hall, Julia Lovell od authora Jessica Harrison-Hall, Julia Lovell a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.