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V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China Hardcover - 2004

by Stephen G. Craft


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" The first full biography of one of the essential figures behind the creation of modern China. Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo (1888-1985) was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in twentieth-century China. After earning a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Koo entered government service in 1912 intent on revising the unequal treaty system imposed on China in the nineteenth century, believing that breaking the shackles of imperialism would bring China into the "family of n

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THE WORLD INTO WHICH V.K. Wellington Koo was born in 1888 contrasted starkly with that of most Chinese boys, whose existence seemed rather bleak.

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  • Title V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China
  • Author Stephen G. Craft
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kentucky
  • Date 2004-04-30
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780813123141 / 0813123143
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.42 x 6.18 x 1.03 in (23.93 x 15.70 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects China - Foreign relations - 1912-1949, Koo, V. K. Wellington
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003024589
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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About the author

Stephen G. Craft is an assistant professor in the Humanities/Social Sciences Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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