"By setting Sun Yat-sen in his proper historical context, this excellent biography not only resuscitates a major historical figure but constitutes one of the best histories we have of the late Qing and early Republican period."—Frederic Wakeman, University of California, Berkeley "This is a most welcome book, one that everyone interested in modern China has wanted for a long while. It is a readable, balanced, and judicious study . . . the most thorough book about Sun in a Western language, and so minutely researched that it goes far beyond any existing study." —American Historical Review "This study, by a leading historian of early-twentieth-century China, shows Sun's strengths as well as his weaknesses and helps explain his appeal. . . . Bergère provides enough context to make the biography accessible to general readers. Very highly recommended."—Choice

• Note to reader Maps Introduction Part I. The Adventurer of the Southern Seas, 1866-1905: 1. The formative years, 1866-1894 2. The symbolic creation of a revolutionary leader, 1894-1897 3. The symbolic creation of a revolutionary movement, 1897-1900 4. The awakening of Chinese nationalism and the founding of the revolutionary alliance, 1805 Part II. The Founding Father? 1905-1920: 5. Sun and the revolutionary alliance 6. The conspirator 7. The (adoptive) father of the Chinese republic 8. Crossing the desert, 1913-1920 Part III. Sun's Last Years: National Revolution and Revolutionary Nationalism, 1920-1925: 9. Sun Yat-sen, soviet advisers, and the Canton revolutionary base, 1920-1924 10. Sun Yat-sen's three principles of the people 11. Sun Yat-sen's death and transformation Biographical sketches Notes Bibliography Index.

"By setting Sun Yat-sen in his proper historical context, this excellent biography not only resuscitates a major historical figure but constitutes one of the best histories we have of the late Qing and early Republican period."—Frederic Wakeman, University of California, Berkeley "This is a most welcome book, one that everyone interested in modern China has wanted for a long while. It is a readable, balanced, and judicious study . . . the most thorough book about Sun in a Western language, and so minutely researched that it goes far beyond any existing study." —American Historical Review "This study, by a leading historian of early-twentieth-century China, shows Sun's strengths as well as his weaknesses and helps explain his appeal. . . . Bergère provides enough context to make the biography accessible to general readers. Very highly recommended."—Choice

• Note to reader Maps Introduction Part I. The Adventurer of the Southern Seas, 1866-1905: 1. The formative years, 1866-1894 2. The symbolic creation of a revolutionary leader, 1894-1897 3. The symbolic creation of a revolutionary movement, 1897-1900 4. The awakening of Chinese nationalism and the founding of the revolutionary alliance, 1805 Part II. The Founding Father? 1905-1920: 5. Sun and the revolutionary alliance 6. The conspirator 7. The (adoptive) father of the Chinese republic 8. Crossing the desert, 1913-1920 Part III. Sun's Last Years: National Revolution and Revolutionary Nationalism, 1920-1925: 9. Sun Yat-sen, soviet advisers, and the Canton revolutionary base, 1920-1924 10. Sun Yat-sen's three principles of the people 11. Sun Yat-sen's death and transformation Biographical sketches Notes Bibliography Index.