Empress Dowager Cixi

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Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the age of 16, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor's numerous concubines and sexual partners.

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Full title :Empress Dowager Cixi / Chang, Jung.

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Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Jonathan Cape Ltd (uk)
Place of Publication:London, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:volumes ; : 23 cm

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ISBN:9780224087445, 0224087444
oclc:ocn857194794
Dewey Decimal:951.035092

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 revo…

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Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY China Cixi,, Empress dowager of China Empresses Empresses -- Biography. -- China Impératrices -- Biographies. -- Chine Modern history (c 1788-1914)