{"product_id":"vk-wellington-koo-and-the-stephen-g-craft-9780813123141","title":"V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China","description":"\" The first full biography of one of the essential figures behind the creation of modern China. Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo (1888-1985) was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in twentieth-century China. After earning a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Koo entered government service in 1912 intent on revising the unequal treaty system imposed on China in the nineteenth century, believing that breaking the shackles of imperialism would bring China into the \"family of n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen G. Craft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813123143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813123141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.18w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2004 pg. 715","brand":"Stephen G. Craft","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44212992508159,"sku":"9780813123141","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d25cb5d3-998e-4b73-8c3f-cb37b12d208c.jpg?v=1692111439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vk-wellington-koo-and-the-stephen-g-craft-9780813123141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}