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04772cam a2200697 i 4500 001 B9C26EA62F9911EF97908F8E36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240621014436 008 130614s2013 nyuabf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2013020766 020 $a 0307456706 020 $a 9780307456700 020 $a 0307271609 020 $a 9780307271600 035 $a (OCoLC)841899090 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d UPZ $d JAI $d ABG $d ZLM $d ZCU $d IEB $d JBL $d YUS $d OCLCF $d OCL $d NDS $d OCL $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SHM $d TOP $d MXB $d VTU $d AU@ $d OCL $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IL4J6 $d OCLCO $d TAW $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a DS763.63.C58 $b C43 2013 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Chang, Jung, $d 1952- 245 10 $a Empress Dowager Cixi : $b the concubine who launched modern China / $c Jung Chang. 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2013. 300 $a xiii, 436 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), map ; $c 25 cm 500 $a "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-415) and index. 505 0 $a The imperial concubine in stormy times (1835-1861) -- Reigning behind her sons' throne (1861-1875) -- Ruling through an adopted son (1875-1889) -- Emperor Guangxu takes over (1889-1898) -- To the front of the stage (1898-1901) -- The real revolution of modern China (1901-1908) -- Epilogue: China after Empress Dowager Cixi. 520 $a In this biography, Jung Chang describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph, and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like "death by a thousand cuts" and put an end to foot-binding. She inaugurated women's liberation and embarked on the path to introduce parliamentary elections to China. Chang overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot. Cixi reigned during extraordinary times and had to deal with a host of major national crises: the Taiping and Boxer rebellions, wars with France and Japan, and an invasion by eight allied powers including Britain, Germany, Russia and the United States. Jung Chang not only records the Empress Dowager's conduct of domestic and foreign affairs, but also takes the reader into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing's Forbidden City, where she lived surrounded by eunuchs -- one of with whom she fell in love, with tragic consequences. The world Chang describes here seems almost unbelievable in its extraordinary mixture of the very old and the very new. Based on newly available, mostly Chinese, historical documents such as court records, official and private correspondence, diaries, and eyewitness accounts, this biography will revolutionize historical thinking about a crucial period in China's -- and the world's -- history. Packed with drama, fast paced and gripping, it is both a panoramic depiction of the birth of modern China and an intimate portrait of a woman: as the concubine to a monarch, as the absolute ruler of a third of the world's population, and as a unique stateswoman. 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 Foreign relations $y 19th century. 651 0 $a China $x History $y 1861-1912. 651 1 $a China $v Biography. 650 6 $a ImpeÌratrices $z Chine $v Biographies. 651 6 $a Chine $x Politique et gouvernement $y 19e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a Chine $x Relations exteÌrieures $y 19e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a Chine $x Histoire $y 1861-1912. 600 07 $a Cixi, $c Empress dowager of China, $d 1835-1908 $2 fast 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations $2 fast 650 7 $a Empresses $2 fast 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast 651 7 $a China $2 fast 648 7 $a 1800 - 1912 $2 fast 600 07 $a Cixi, $c Empress dowager of China, $d 1835-1908. $2 nli 650 7 $a Empresses $z China $v Biography. $2 nli 651 7 $a China $x Politics and government $y 19th century. $2 nli 651 7 $a China $x History $y 1861-1912. $2 nli 651 7 $a Kina $x historia. $2 sao 655 0 $a Biography. 655 2 $a Biography 655 4 $a Biographies. 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240621130410.0 $n 7 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B9C26EA62F9911EF97908F8E36ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search