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V.K. Wellington Koo and the emergence 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 ninete...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Craft, Stephen G., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Sumario: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 nations.""His pursuit of this nationalistic agenda was immediately interrupted by Chinese civil war and Japanese imperialism during World War I. In the 1930s Koo attempted to use international law
Descripción Física:1 online resource (346 pages)
ISBN:9780813157566
0813157560
1322599416
9781322599410
0813123143
9780813123141