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The Revolution of 1911 is the most important event in early 20th century China? At that timethe Qing Dynasty which had ruled"over China for 260 years.was overthrown ending two thousand.years of feudal monarchic dictatorship? with the subsequent establishment of the Republic.of China? democracy and the republican form of government was able to strike a deep root in thehearts of the Chinese people.The revolution marked?a major turning point in modern Chinesehistory? and had far-reaching influence on various aspects of social life in contemporary China.The book is edited by Professor Dong Caishi The eleven chapters are written by Lu Boweiand Wang Guoping.Chapters one through seven are devoted to the political and economic con-ditions of China towards the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th? the revolution-ary?activities of Dr.Sun Yat-sen? the setting up of the Tong Meng?Hui ?Alliance Society?and theupsuryein the revolutionary situation.??Chapters eight through ten mainly deseribe the Wuchang Uprising and the setting up of theNanjing Provisional Government?the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty?the moving of the Pro-visional Government to Beijing and the usurpation of power by Yuan Shikai CharJter eleven de-scribes the industrial and commercial circles and the activities of political parties in the early daysof the Republic?and the failure of the Second Reviolution.The book?drawinging on a rich library of historical research materials?probes deeply?albeitconcisely?into the entire revolutionary process?Having absorbed the fruits of research on thehistory of the revolution made in academic fields both at home and abroad the book can serve asintroductory reading material on the revolution of l911 and on Chinese social and historical Con-difions before and atter the revolution?..

About the Author
Professor Done Caishi, the ediroe of this book and famous historian, wcas born in wujin county, Jiangsu province in 1921. After graduating from the Central Political University in 1946, he begana long career of teaching Engtish and history. In 1952 he devoted himself entirely to teaching history. In 1958 he began teaching modern Chinese history at the History Department of Jiangsu Teachers College, his research focusing on historyof the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and modernChinese Dolitical history.

Dong Caishi has published over eighty treatises，including A Critical Biograpby of Zuo Zongtang and The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Suzhou. He is the chief editor of numerous books on historical research materiats, among which are Special Historical Research Materials on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, The Letters of He Guiqing and Others, and Selected Historical Research Materials on the Taiping Heapenly Kingdom in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan and An-hui.