Empress Dowager Cixi : the concubine who launched modern China /
In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how 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, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date we...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Chang, Jung, 1952- |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2013.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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