China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson chronicles China at the moment the Qing dynasty collapsed and the imperial system gave way to a republic. Thomson, a traveller and observer, surveys the country’s politics, society, and the dramatic end of more than two thousand years of monarchical rule under the last emperors.
The book ranges across the provinces and the great cities, recording the upheaval of 1911–1912 and the personalities who shaped it. For readers interested in dynasties and the fall of thrones, it offers a contemporary Western account of one of history’s most consequential transitions. This free EPUB download contains the full illustrated text.