Title Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

Published London : Atlantic Books Ltd, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (781 pages) Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Epigraph page; Contents; Dramatis Personae; Chronology of Major Events; Preface to the UK Edition; A Note on Romanization; Maps; PROLOGUE Heaven's Children; PART ONE Twilight; 1 The Preacher's Assistant; 2 Neutrality; 3 The Shield King; 4 Soundings; 5 An Appointment in the North; PART TWO Order Rising; 6 A Reluctant General; 7 The Force of Doctrine; 8 The Perils of Civilization; 9 Endurance; 10 Heaven and Earth; 11 Crossings; PART THREE The Great Peace; 12 The Point of No Return; 13 Vampires; 14 Flowering Rain; 15 Blood and Honor 16 Crossing the MountainEpilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A Note About the Author Summary In the early 1850s, during the waning years of the Qing dynasty, word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces. The leader of the this movement - who called themselves the Taiping - was Hong Xiuquan, a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and the brother of Jesus Christ. As the revolt grew and battles raged across the empire, all signs pointed to a Taiping victory and to the inauguration of a modern, industrialized and pro-Western china. Soon, however, Britain and the United States threw their support behind the Qing, soon quashing the Taiping and rendering ine Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 Asian History. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Americans Ethnic conflict Ethnic relations Europeans International relations Manchus Military participation -- Foreign Visitors, Foreign SUBJECT Western countries -- Relations -- China China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Participation, Foreign China -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century Subject China Western countries Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780857897695 0857897691

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