02453nam 2200541 450 991082015950332120211014191358.0988-220-755-3988-8053-70-1(CKB)3460000000021849(EBL)863868(OCoLC)768111298(SSID)ssj0000606333(PQKBManifestationID)11391753(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606333(PQKBWorkID)10580942(PQKB)11566195(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035544(MdBmJHUP)muse3792(Au-PeEL)EBL863868(CaPaEBR)ebr11062895(MiAaPQ)EBC863868(EXLCZ)99346000000002184920110512h20112011 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe empress and Mrs. Conger the uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds /Grant Hayter-MenziesHong Kong :Hong Kong University Press,[2011]©20111 online resource (362 p.)Description based upon print version of record.988-8083-00-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-315) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I - Eagle and Dragon; 1 - Farmer's daughter; 2 - Mother of China; 3 - High walls; 4 - Chinese Christians; 5 - Daws in peacock's feathers; 6 - Imperial audience; 7 - Christmas in Beijing; 8 - Unlocking the gates; Plate Section; 9 - Gathering storm; II - Battle in Beijing; 10 - Shadow Boxers; 11 - Siege; 12 - Survival; III - Saving Face; 13 - Loot; 14 - Reconciliation; 15 - Sisterhood; 16 - Portrait of a woman; 17 - Forbidden cities; 18 - Letters to China; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn winter 1902, in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendship-the former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history.ChinaHistoryGuangxu, 1875-1908Anecdotes951/.03Hayter-Menzies Grant1964-714134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820159503321The empress and Mrs. Conger4022668UNINA