the song dynasty by sterling seagrave summary

After 1868, the members of the collective shogunate who initiated the so-called Meiji Restoration held the reins. A web of intrigue and control, all the more fantastic because it all happened. First it was a representative of the powerful families in the person of the Shogun. item 1 The Soong Dynasty - 9780060153083, hardcover, Sterling Seagrave The Soong Dynasty - 9780060153083, hardcover, Sterling Seagrave 3. Soong marries into a family San Francisco Bankers. One Soong sister married Sun Yat-sen, one married Chiang Kai-shek. Soong marries into a New York banking family and, financier T.L. The Soong family is a wonderful key hole through which to observe US-China relations from 1880 to 1950 or so. Kung revolutionary Ai-ling marries Amercian educated, founding father Sun Yat-sen Wellesly educated First Lady May-ling is wife to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Prime Minister T.V. Specular Ai-ling weds finance minister H.H. Seagrave writes a comprehensive biography of the Song Sisters: three women who helped shape the destiny of modern China (Meiling, Qingling, and Ailing). Behind the scenes is Big-eared Tu of the Green Gang.

It all began with Charlie Soong, a runaway raised in America under the protection of the Methodist church, and became a Bible publisher and godson of American industrialist Julian Carr. Biographical history of the Soong family, whose wealth and power dominated China, and American foreign policy towards Asia for the first half of the 20th century. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright, Black linen boards/Fine w/trace discoloration to lower edges.

The song dynasty by sterling seagrave summary