LEADER 02453nam 2200541 450 001 9910820159503321 005 20211014191358.0 010 $a988-220-755-3 010 $a988-8053-70-1 035 $a(CKB)3460000000021849 035 $a(EBL)863868 035 $a(OCoLC)768111298 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606333 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11391753 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606333 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580942 035 $a(PQKB)11566195 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035544 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3792 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL863868 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11062895 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC863868 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000021849 100 $a20110512h20112011 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe empress and Mrs. Conger $ethe uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds /$fGrant Hayter-Menzies 210 1$aHong Kong :$cHong Kong University Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (362 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a988-8083-00-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [305]-315) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aIn 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. 607 $aChina$xHistory$yGuangxu, 1875-1908$vAnecdotes 676 $a951/.03 700 $aHayter-Menzies$b Grant$f1964-$0714134 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820159503321 996 $aThe empress and Mrs. Conger$94022668 997 $aUNINA