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04325aam a22007458i 4500 001 FF38CFCA2B2711E3AD629ACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20240120010212 008 130614s2013 nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2013020766 020 $a 0307456706 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780307456700 (pbk.) 020 $a 0307271609 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780307271600 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCO $d UPZ $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 edition. 263 $a 1310 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2013. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references 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 -- A vendetta against the west (1869-71) -- Life and death of Emperor Tongzhi (1861-1875) -- III. Ruling through an adopted son (1875-1889) -- A three-year-old is made emperor -- Modernisation accelerates (1875-89) -- Defender of the empire (1875-89) -- IV. Emperor Guangxu takes over (1889-1898) -- The education of Emperor Guangxu (1875-94) -- The Summer Palace (1886-94) -- In retirement and in leisure (1889-94) -- War with Japan -- A peace that ruined China -- The scramble for China (1895-8) -- V. To the front of the stage (1898-1901) -- The reforms of 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 -- 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 insurgencies, assassins and the Japanese (1902-8) -- Deaths -- Epilogue: China after Empress Dowager Cixi. 520 $a In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager 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, telegraph, and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. 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. 941 $a 31 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626015702.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013814.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909031555.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215015602.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722040558.0 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20210715010108.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210105034617.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829012739.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528054401.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204071936.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110053856.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031542.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806074414.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717024306.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107045341.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006073321.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720042558.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719041952.0 952 $l NKPD993 $d 20180718041313.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717034343.0 952 $l NDPD953 $d 20180713050944.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20170913010411.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926024105.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20150730011631.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150509014441.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20141112010257.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917012356.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20140212010252.0 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20140129010655.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20131204011010.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20131112022433.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FF38CFCA2B2711E3AD629ACFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search