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The Soong Sisters
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Manufacturer: e-reads.com
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780759253414
ISBN: 0759253412
Label: e-reads.com
Manufacturer: e-reads.com
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2003-05-12
Publisher: e-reads.com
Studio: e-reads.com
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Editorial Reviews:
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In the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the extraordinary three Soong Sisters, Eling, Chingling and Mayling. As told with wit and verve by Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong Sisters tells the story of China through both world wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and they appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very interesting
Comment: It gave me a glimpse to that period/time in China history. The Soong sisters had something a lot of women in their time didn't have and that set them apart from the others, college education in the west.
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Summary: THE SOONG DYNASTY
Comment: WIDE RANGING, ACCURATE, AND REVEALING AS AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, IT BRINGS THE MYRIAD OF REAL, LARGE THAN LIFE CHARACTERS TO VIBRANT LIFE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME - IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME - MAKES SENSE OUT OF THE NEEDLESSLY BUNGLED, AND CONTINUING UNEASY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICA AND CHINA CREATED BY THE FALSE, GOD-LIKE IMAGE OF THE WARLORD CHIANG KAI SHEK AS THE ONE, TRUE, DEMOCRATIC, CHRISTIAN, POPULAR LEADER OF ALL CHINA - AN IMAGE BURNISHED BY HOLLYWOOD IMAGE MAKERS SEDUCED BY HENRY LUCE AND MADAME CHIANG KAI SHEK. A MOMUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
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Summary: A wartime biography of the illustrious Soong sisters
Comment: Emily Hahn was an American expatriate in China during the
1930s. She came to know the Soong sisters, who in their day
were among the world's most famous and powerful women.
This book, written in 1939-40 is an entertaining,
informative introduction to the Soongs. At the time it
was published, The Soong Sisters created a storm of
controversy and provoked powerful emotions. It was one of
the first biographies of the Soongs, and it continues to
be one of the best. Critics charged Hahn had "gone easy" on the Soongs; Soong supporters said
the book was a "hatchet job." The real truth lies somewhere
in between. Hahn is a witty, engaging and perceptive writer.
For that reason, The Soong Sisters is still good read, and
it provides a contemporary perspective on three of the
personalities who shaped post-war China.
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