Author: Soong May-ling [Song Meiling] 宋美齡, 1898-2003

China through Catholic eyes
Date1942
Publish_locationHong Kong 香港
PublisherCatholic Truth Society : Xianggang Zhenlixuehui 香港眞理學會
CollectionRicci Institute [AEC]
Edition1st American ed.
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberDS721.R936 1942
Description149 p : ill ; 21 cm
NoteChina through Catholic eyes / by Thomas F. Ryan, S.J. ; line drawings by Wong Wing Kit ; with a preface by Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
Distributed by the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Many photographs, illustrations.
"First American edition: April, 1942."

Contents: The witnesses -- China's past : Confucius -- Ancient culture -- History -- Changing China -- The father of the Republic -- The revolution goes on -- The new leader -- Democracy in China -- The constitution of the Republic -- The people : China and Communism -- China today -- Reconstruction -- The leaders -- Beginnings -- Ricci and his successors -- The last century -- Catholic education in China -- Chinese Christian art -- Works of mercy -- Chinese Catholics -- Confidence in China.

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SubjectChina--Civilization China--History Catholic Church--China
LCCN42015108
General Chiang Kai-shek : the account of the fortnight in Sian when the fate of China hung in the balance
Date1937
Publish_locationGarden City, NY
PublisherDoubleday
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfStacks
Call NumberDS778.C451 C451 1937
Descriptionviii, 187 p., [3] ℓ of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
NoteGeneral Chiang Kai-shek : The Account of the Fortnight in Sian when the Fate of China hung in the Balance / by General and Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
Contents: Foreword / by Dr. J. Leighton Stuart -- What China has faced / by Mme. Chiang Kai-shek -- Sian : a coup d'état / by Mme. Chiang Kai-shek -- A fortnight in Sian : extracts from a diary / by Chiang Kai-shek -- The Generalissimo's admonition to Chiang Hsueh-liang and Yang Hu-chen prior to his departure from Sian -- Names of Chinese persons and places mentioned in the story and diary.
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SubjectChina--History--Republic, 1911-1949 China--Politics and government, 1912-1949 Xi'an Shi 西安市--Description and travel Xi'an Incident 西安事變, 1936 Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] 蔣介石, 1887-1975
LCCN37-28635