Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War, by Stephen R. Platt
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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War, by Stephen R. Platt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-447) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
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bibliography
Oclc number
724650229
Responsibility statement
by Stephen R. Platt
Sub title
China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War
Summary
This narrative history of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some twenty million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles--a riveting, both sweeping and intimate portrait of the largest civil war in history
Table Of Contents
Dramatis Personae -- Chronology of Major Events -- Prologue: Heaven's Children -- pt. 1. Twilight -- The Preacher's Assistant -- Neutrality -- The Shield King -- Soundings -- An Appointment in the North -- pt. 2. Order Rising -- The Reluctant General -- The Force of Doctrine -- Perils of Civilization -- Endurance -- Heaven and Earth -- Crossings -- pt. 3. The Great Peace -- The Point of No Return -- Vampires -- Flowering Rain -- Blood and Honor -- Crossing the Mountain -- Epilogue
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- Western countries -- Relations -- China
- China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Participation, Foreign
- China -- Relations -- Western countries
- Europeans -- China -- History -- 19th century
- China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
- China -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
- Manchus + History -- 19th century
- Ethnic conflict -- China -- History -- 19th century
- Americans -- China -- History -- 19th century
- Visitors, Foreign -- China -- History -- 19th century
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- Western countries -- Relations -- China
- China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Participation, Foreign
- China -- Relations -- Western countries
- Europeans -- China -- History -- 19th century
- China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
- China -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
- Manchus + History -- 19th century
- Ethnic conflict -- China -- History -- 19th century
- Americans -- China -- History -- 19th century
- Visitors, Foreign -- China -- History -- 19th century
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