從鴉片戰(zhàn)爭到軍閥混戰(zhàn)

　　本書以獨特的視角，將取自世界各地的大量珍貴歷史圖片（其中三分之一為第一次披露），編輯成冊，全面呈現(xiàn)從鴉片戰(zhàn)爭到軍閥混戰(zhàn)動蕩巨變的中國百年近代史，期望能幫助歷史學(xué)家、讀者直觀地認(rèn)識、思考這段歷史，回顧反思其間的辛亥革命這一開創(chuàng)性事件。1911年的武昌起義是加速清王朝覆滅的關(guān)鍵，促成了亞洲第一個共和國的建立，這一歷史事件是如何發(fā)生的？是必然，還是偶然？慈禧太后、康有為等?；逝?，梁啟超等立憲派，孫中山為代表的革命者，袁世凱這類軍閥，嚴(yán)復(fù)、蔡元培等教育家……對這些歷史人物的功過如何認(rèn)識？這些問題不斷在海內(nèi)外學(xué)者中引發(fā)激烈的辯論。各地學(xué)者對辛亥革命遺產(chǎn)也有不盡相同的解釋。拋開派別的分歧，所有中國人都將那段動蕩歲月視為“百年憂慮”或“百年屈辱”，其中蘊含的情感至今縈繞在人們心頭。作者通過歷時一年對全球范圍內(nèi)公共展館和私人藏品的梳理匯編，用真實的影像重現(xiàn)近一個世紀(jì)的“集體記憶”，這些歷史的印記可以幫助認(rèn)識現(xiàn)代的中國。曾協(xié)助美國前總統(tǒng)理查德·尼克松為中美關(guān)系鋪平道路的亨利·基辛格寫道，即使最具開放思想的中國國際主義者都認(rèn)為，中國過去遭受的不公正對待決定了中國如何參與世界事務(wù)、如何界定在其中所要扮演的角色。本書通過所收集的影像，為今天與未來的讀者塑造1850—1928年間中國日常生活、歷史事件與社會巨變的視覺敘事。它提供了一個歷史背景，在這里，人們可以反思過去，展望未來。

　　劉香成 is a former foreign correspondent and photojournalist whose postings took him from Beijing to Uos Angeles， New Delhi to Seoul， and to Moscow for the Associated Press. During that time he photographed major world events fromtlic Soviet military occupation of A fghanistan toeivil war in Sri Lanka and China's）urgeoningeconomic reforms.He was also on hand to capture the fall of the USSR： in 1992，IJiu shared a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News and an Overseas Press Club A ward for his covcrage of the Soviet Union's collapse. In1989，Liu was honored with the award of Pictureof the Ycar by the School of Journalism at the Unit-rsity of Missouri in the same year， Liu wasnamed Best Photographer by the Associated Press Mannaging Editors.Liu is the author of the widely acclaimed Photographic documentation China After Mao and Soviet Union： Collapse of an Empire. He is the editor of China. Portrait of a Country， which has been published in six languages The book was selected by Britain's Sunday rimes as the Best Pic-turc Book 2008.In 2010，liu co-authored with Karen Smith Shanghai： A Uistory in Photographs， 1842-Today. In 2004. Paris Photo named Liu as one of thehundrcd most influential people in contemporarypho to graphy.Liu graduatcd from Ilunter College， City Lniversity of Neu Vork in 1975.He lives and Works in Beijing.