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Manchu princess, Japanese spy : the story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the cross-dressing spy who commanded her own army /
"Kawashima Yoshiko (1906-1948) was an enigmatic Manchu princess whose life mirrored in many ways Japanese-Chinese relations in the first half of the 20th century. She was born into the Qing dynasty in China--the fourteenth daughter Prince Su--but grew up in Japan, after being given up for adopt...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Asia perspectives.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Main characters
- Chronology
- A note on the text
- Born to chaos
- Little sister
- Royalty in exile
- Continental adventurer
- A new life in Japan
- Manchu prince, Japanese wife
- School days
- The beauty in men's clothing
- Extreme measures
- Repercussions
- On her own
- Poisonous devil's brew
- Advance into Manchuria
- An emperor in flux
- The reluctant empress
- Powerful connections
- Woman of influence
- A growing awareness
- Commander Jin
- Starting over in Manchukuo
- In the bright light
- Wild child
- A daughter looks back
- China nights
- Emergency help
- An old love
- Adrift in Fukuoka
- Hopeful to the end
- Narrow escapes
- Postwar justice
- Go with a smile.