Empress Dowager Cixi: the concubine who launched modern China
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Published:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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Book
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First American edition.
Physical Desc:
xiii, 436 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307271600, 0307271609, 0307271609, 9780307271600 (hbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-415) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Chang, J. (2013). Empress Dowager Cixi: the concubine who launched modern China. First American edition. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Chang, Jung, 1952-. 2013. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Chang, Jung, 1952-, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Chang, Jung. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. First American edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Part one. The imperial concubine in stormy times (1835-1861). Concubine to an emperor (1835-56) ; From the Opium War to the burning of the old Summer Palace (1839-60) ; Emperor Xianfeng dies (1860-61) ; The coup that changed China (1861) -- Part two. Reigning behind her son's throne (1861-1875). First step on the long road to modernity (1861-9) ; Virgin journeys to the West (1861-71) ; Love doomed (1869) ; A vendetta against the West (1869-71) ; Life and death of Emperor Tongzhi (1861-75) -- Part three. Ruling through an adopted son (1875-1889). A three-year-old is made emperor (1875) ; Modernisation accelerates (1875-89) ; Defender of the empire (1875-89) -- Part four. Emperor Guangxu takes over (1889-1898). Guangxu alienated from Cixi (1875-94) ; The Summer Palace (1886-94) ; In retirement and in leisure (1889-94) ; War with Japan (1894) ; A peace that ruined China (1895) ; The scramble for China (1895-8) -- Part five. To the front of the stage (1898-1901). The reforms of 1898 (1898) ; A plot to kill Cixi (September 1898) ; Desperate to dethrone her adopted son (1898-1900) ; To war against the world powers--with the Boxers (1899-1900) ; Fighting to a bitter end (1900) ; Flight (1900-1) ; Remorse (1900-1) -- Part xix. The real revolution of modern China (1901-1908). Return to Beijing (1901-2) ; Making friends with westerners (1902-7) ; Cixi's revolution (1902-8) -- The vote! (1905-8) ; Coping with insurgents, assassins and the Japanese (1902-8) ; Deaths (1908) -- Epilogue : China after Empress Dowager Cixi. | |
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