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03195aam a2200433Ki 4500 001 7301732E72D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 140926s2014 nyuabf b 001 0beng 020 $a 0307456706 020 $a 9780307456700 035 $a (OCoLC)891366757 040 $a YWS $b eng $e rda $c YWS $d YWS $d OCLCO $d SINLB $d MNE $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d SILO 043 $a a-cc--- 050 4 $a DS763.63.C58 $b C43 2014 082 04 $a 951.035092 100 1 $a Chang, Jung, $d 1952- $e author. 245 10 $a Empress Dowager Cixi : $b the concubine who launched modern China / $c Jung Chang. 246 30 $a Concubine who launched modern China 250 $a First Anchor books edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Anchor Books, $c 2014. 300 $a xiii, 436 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-415) and index. 505 0 $a I. 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 -- II. Reigning behind her sons' 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) -- III. 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) -- IV. 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) -- V. 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) -- VI. 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. 600 00 $a Cixi, $c Empress dowager of China, $d 1835-1908. 650 0 $a Empresses $z China $v Biography. 651 0 $a China $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 651 0 $a China $x History $y 1861-1912. 600 07 $a Cixi, $c Empress dowager of China, $d 1835-1908 $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00070825 650 7 $a Empresses $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909415 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 648 7 $a 1800-1912 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214025000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7301732E72D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IOWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search