Completed in 1971, the Biographical Dictionary of Republican China has become a major standard reference work, making available an unparalleled body of original biographical and bibliographical data on the world's largest society. The four volumes of the dictionary furnish the most informative and objective life-histories of some 600 Chinese figures of the twentieth century available in any language. The fourth volume contains an expansive bibliography, compiled by Joseph K.H. Cheng, which lists the known works of all the subjects of biographies and the sources used in writing the articles on them. Over ten years in preparation, and contributed to by more than 75 scholars and specialists, the Biographical Dictionary of Republican China is a massive work, at once systematic and comprehensive, for all organizations, libraries, and individuals concerned with twentieth century China. In addition to political and military leaders, the work includes detailed biographies-in-brief of individuals prominent in diplomacy, business and banking, literature, the arts, scholarship, social reform, education, the press and publishing, science religion, aviation, medicine, and other fields. Both an important historical guide to China during the 1911-1949 Republican period, and an invaluable guide to many of the figures who dominated Peking in the mid to late 20th century. [A fifth volume, not included in this set, was issued in 1979 with a personal name index.] .
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