Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War /

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War /

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Author / Creator:	Platt, Stephen R.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Description:	xxviii, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Taiping Rebellion (China : 1850-1864) 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. Americans. Ethnic conflict. Ethnic relations. Europeans. International relations. Manchus. Military participation -- Foreign. Visitors, Foreign. China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864. China -- Relations -- Western countries. Western countries -- Relations -- China. China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Participation, Foreign. China -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. China. Western countries. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8773173

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ISBN:	9780307271730 0307271730
Notes:	"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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Call Number:	DS759 .P57 2012
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