Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War / Stephen R. Platt
- Author
- Platt, Stephen R.
- Published
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- xxviii, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- 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.
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Visitors, Foreign—China—History—19th century
- Europeans—China—History—19th century
- Americans—China—History—19th century
- Manchus—History—19th century
- Ethnic conflict—China—History—19th century
- China—Relations—Western countries
- Western countries—Relations—China
- China—History—Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864—Participation, Foreign
- China—History—Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
- China—Ethnic relations—History—19th century
- ISBN
- 9780307271730
0307271730 - Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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