Biographical dictionary of Republican China
1967
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Biographical Dictionary of Republican China is a biographical dictionary in four-volumes, often abbreviated as BDRC or referred to as "Boorman." It was published from 1967 to 1971 by Columbia University Press, edited by Howard L. Boorman, Director of the Research Project on Men and Politics in Modern China at Columbia University, with Richard C. Howard and O. Edmund Clubb. It includes 600 biographical articles written by some seventy-five contributors on men and women prominent in China's Republican period (1911-1949). Their careers are followed beyond 1949, some until 1966. More than half of the subjects are in politics, military, diplomacy or administration; a little more than a quarter intellectuals, such as scholars, journalists, propagandists; 10.8% in the arts; 7% in professions such as doctors, jurists, and clergy; and only 6.2% in business.[1] Volume IV includes bibliographical references for all volumes. A fifth volume, A Personal Name Index, compiled by Jane Krompart, is a full name-index to the biographies in the first four volumes, with Chinese characters for more than 90% of the Chinese names, references to three other English-language biographical dictionaries, and the dates of death for those who died since the original entries.
Main title:
Biographical dictionary of Republican China / Howard L. Boorman, editor; Richard C. Howard, associate editor.
Author:
Imprint:
New York ; London : Columbia University Press, 1967-79.
Collation:
5 volumes : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Vol. 5: "A personal name index, by Janet Krompart."Includes bibliographical references (v. 4, pages [97]-418, by J.K.H. Cheng) and index.
Contents:
1: Ai-Ch'ü.1967.2: Dalai-Ma.1968.3: Mao-Wu.4: Yang-Yün. Bibliography / by Joseph K.H. Cheng.1971.5: A personal name index / by Janet Krompart.1979.
ISBN:
9780231089579 (hardback)9780231089586 (hardback)9780231045582 (hardback)
Dewey class:
920.051
Local class:
920.051
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
99144
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 920.051BIO | Vol 3Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |
| Penrith | Reference | 920.051BIO | Vol 4Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |
| Penrith | Reference | 920.051BIO | Vol 2Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |