x, 174 p. : 23 cm

Includes index

Introduction: Soong Meiling and her times (1897-2003) / Samuel C. Chu -- Activism among women of China's traditional elite / Thomas L. Kennedy -- Shanghai: the Sino-Western city / Rhoads Murphey -- The Soong family and the Chinese Protestant Christian community / Daniel H. Bays -- American Protestant missions and the new China / Suzanne Wilson Barnett -- American Open Door China stories: the screen on the Open Door / Charles W. Hayford -- Liberal persuasion and China: Soong Meiling and John Leighton Stuart / Philip Wes -- The Soong family and Chinese capitalists / Parks M. Coble -- The Northern Expedition: Nanjing government and Japanese pressure / Donald A. Jordan -- Americans in China and the Chiangs / Stephen R. MacKinnon -- With Madame on my mind: impressions of Madame Chiang / Anne Shen Chao -- Madame Chiang and the Face of Sino-American Relations: personality and gender / T. Christopher Jespersen -- Another world: an ordinary Chinese county the Madame never knew / R. Keith Schoppa -- Conclusion: Madame Chiang Kaishek between America and China / Samuel C. Chu

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