Frederic E Wakeman
Biographic Data
| ID | 742579 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frederic E Wakeman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frederic E |
| FAMILY NAME | Wakeman |
| SIGNATURE | WAKEMAN F E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dilemmas of Victory
This illuminating work examines the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China. Instead of dwelling on elite politics and policy-making processes, Dilemmas of Victory seeks to understand how the 1949-1953 period was experienced by various groups, including industrialists, filmmakers, ethnic minorities, educators, rural midwives, philanthropists, stand-up comics, and scientists. A stellar group of autho…
SpymasterDai Li and the Chinese Secret Service
The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during World War II. This sweeping biography of “China's Himmler”, based on recently opened intelligence archives, traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the dreaded Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization of its…
Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937
Prewar Shanghai: casinos, brothels, Green Gang racketeers, narcotics syndicates, gun-runners, underground Communist assassins, Comitern secret agents. Frederic Wakeman's masterful study of the most colorful and corrupt city in the world at the time provides a panoramic view of the confrontation and collaboration between the Nationalist secret police and the Shanghai underworld. In detailing the life and politics of China's largest urban center du…
The Shanghai Badlands
Between August 1937 and December 1941, when the Chinese sectors of Shanghai were occupied by the Japanese, terrorist wars broke out between Nationalist secret agents and assassins of the Japanese military authorities. The most intensely disputed area was the western suburb, the Badlands, but warfare was not restricted to that zone. A spate of assassinations, bombings, and machine gun raids took place under the noses of the authorities. Thanks to …
China and the Seventeenth-Century Crisis
Vol. 7, No. 1 Late Imperial ChinaJune 1986 CHINA AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CRISIS Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr.* Imperial rescript to the Board ofRevenue and other yamen: We are reminded that for a number ofyears now there has been no surcease from military hostilities. Hundreds ofmillions have been spent on urgently needed supplies. Added to that, there have been floods and droughts, and the little people have found it difficult to eat. The local o…
China Scholar Elected President of SSRC
The great enterprise
Conflict and control in late Imperial China
The Fall of Imperial China
History and Will
Revolution and Cosmopolitanism. The Western Stage and the Chinese Stages
Revolution and Cosmopolitanism. The Western Stage and the Chinese Stages
History and Will
Conflict and control in late Imperial China
The Fall of Imperial China
The great enterprise
China and the Seventeenth-Century Crisis
Vol. 7, No. 1 Late Imperial ChinaJune 1986 CHINA AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CRISIS Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr.* Imperial rescript to the Board ofRevenue and other yamen: We are reminded that for a number ofyears now there has been no surcease from military hostilities. Hundreds ofmillions have been spent on urgently needed supplies. Added to that, there have been floods and droughts, and the little people have found it difficult to eat. The local o…
China Scholar Elected President of SSRC
Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937
Prewar Shanghai: casinos, brothels, Green Gang racketeers, narcotics syndicates, gun-runners, underground Communist assassins, Comitern secret agents. Frederic Wakeman's masterful study of the most colorful and corrupt city in the world at the time provides a panoramic view of the confrontation and collaboration between the Nationalist secret police and the Shanghai underworld. In detailing the life and politics of China's largest urban center du…
The Shanghai Badlands
Between August 1937 and December 1941, when the Chinese sectors of Shanghai were occupied by the Japanese, terrorist wars broke out between Nationalist secret agents and assassins of the Japanese military authorities. The most intensely disputed area was the western suburb, the Badlands, but warfare was not restricted to that zone. A spate of assassinations, bombings, and machine gun raids took place under the noses of the authorities. Thanks to …
SpymasterDai Li and the Chinese Secret Service
The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during World War II. This sweeping biography of “China's Himmler”, based on recently opened intelligence archives, traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the dreaded Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization of its…
Dilemmas of Victory
This illuminating work examines the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China. Instead of dwelling on elite politics and policy-making processes, Dilemmas of Victory seeks to understand how the 1949-1953 period was experienced by various groups, including industrialists, filmmakers, ethnic minorities, educators, rural midwives, philanthropists, stand-up comics, and scientists. A stellar group of autho…
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