Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) , leader of the republican movement that overthrew the monarchy in China in 1911; he foundedthe Kuomintang party (KMT), but never held effective power in China himself. However his republican ideas and modernizing vision proved central to China.

Bibliography

see also China, history/Bibliography

Biographical

• Bergere, Marie-Claire. Sun Yat-Sen (1998), 480pp, the standard biography, based on rigorous modern scholarship
• Sharman, Lyon. Sun Yat-Sen, His Life and Its Meaning: A Critical Biography (1968), first published 1934 online edition

National studies

• Boorman, Howard L., ed. Biographical Dictionary of Republican China. (Vol. I-IV and Index. 1967-1979). 600 short scholarly biographies excerpt and text search
• Botjer, George. A Short History of Nationalist China, 1919–1949 (1979). 312pp
• Fairbank, John K., ed. The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 12, Republican China 1912-1949. Part 1. (1983). 1001 pp. ; Fairbank, John K. and Feuerwerker, Albert, eds. The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 13: Republican China, 1912-1949, Part 2. (1986). 1092 pp.
• Hsü, Immanuel Chung-yueh. The Rise of Modern China, 6th ed. (1999), detailed political coverage excerpt and text search
• Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China (1991), 876pp; well written survey from 1644 to 1980s excerpt and text search; complete edition online at Questia