Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives from Empire to Republic, 1796-1912 (British Museum, 16) Pottery & Ceramic Craft ELLE Decor

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Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives from Empire to Republic, 1796-1912 (British Museum, 16) Pottery & Ceramic Craft ELLE DecorBrings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the countrys transition from dynastic empire to republic. This insightful book, written by a large team of international scholars and specialists, sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide the reader with an understandingtold through the lives of 100 significant individualsof how China transformed from