Empress Dowager Cixi the concubine who launched modern China
In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, telegraph, and an army and navy with...
| Main Author: | Chang, Jung, 1952- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2013.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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