Autumn in the heavenly kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping civil war

Title	Autumn in the heavenly kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping civil war
Author	Stephen Platt
Imprint	London : Atlantic Books, 2012
Descript	xxviii, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

CONTENT

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

China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 China -- Relations -- Western countries Western countries -- Relations -- China China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 -- Participation Foreign 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 -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century

LOCATION	CALL#	STATUS
Arts Library	DS759 P719A 2012	CHECK SHELVES
Arts Library	DS759 P719A 2012	CHECK SHELVES

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