Birth of a Republic

Name: Birth of a Republic
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ISBN: 9780295989402

ISBN-10: 0295989408

ISBN-13: 9780295989402

Edition: 2011

Authors: Hanchao Lu

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China's 1911 Revolution ended the rule of both the 267-year-old Manchu Qing dynasty and the more than 2,000-year-old imperial system, establishing Asia's first, if not lasting, republic. Because war correspondence was not an established profession in China and the camera was a rare apparatus in Chinese life at the time, photographs of the revolution are rare. Francis E. Stafford (18841938), an American working as a photographer for Asia's largest publishing company, Commercial Press in Shanghai, had unusual access to both sides of the conflict.The Birth of a Republicdocuments this tumultuous period through his photographic eye. Stafford trained his lens on the leaders of the…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 11/23/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 10.26" wide x 8.30" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English