Autumn in the heavenly kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War
Platt, Stephen R.2012
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This is a history of the rise and fall of the movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China into the modern world. It looks at the Taiping Rebellion, which cost some 20 million lives.
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London : Atlantic, 2012.
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xxviii, 470 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780857897664 (hbk)0857897667 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951'.034951.034
Language:
English
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1043590
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