The Chinese Revolution of 1911 as Affected by the Chinese in American and American Public Opinion

The Chinese Revolution of 1911 as Affected by the Chinese in American and American Public Opinion

DS773.4.M671949

1949

One of the first Western dissertations on China considers the effects that American public opinion and the Chinese in America had on the Chinese Revolution of 1911. It includes an account of Sun Yat-sen's childhood and education in China, his medical training and early revolutionary activities, and the influence that his education had in Hawai'i and travel in the United States had in the formulation of his ideas. The author also outlines the history of Chinese secret societies and the financial support Dr. Sun received from the Chee Kung Tong (Zhi Gong Tang) secret society in America.

482 pages

Asia - China Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

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