The Correspondence Of G. E. Morrison 1912 1920

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Cambridge University Press

This is a collection of letters written by George Ernest Morrison, a Times correspondent in China during the Imperial and Republican periods. Morrison was in a good position to observe and comment on the events of those years, and his letters provide a unique perspective on Chinese history. The first volume of Morrison's correspondence ends with the revolution and the collapse of the Manchu dynasty in 1912, while the second volume covers his career as political advisor to the first President of the Republic of China until his death in 1920.

Originally published in 1978, this is the second of two volumes of the selected letters of George Ernest Morrison, The Times correspondent in China in the late Imperial and early Republican period. Few people were in a better position to observe and comment on the events of those years. The first volume of Correspondence ends with the revolution and the collapse of the Manchu dynasty in 1912. The second volume covers Morrison's career as political advisor to the first President of the Republic of China until his death in 1920.