The empress and Mrs. Conger : the uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds / / Grant Hayter-Menzies
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| Autore: |
Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964->
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| Titolo: |
The empress and Mrs. Conger : the uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds / / Grant Hayter-Menzies
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| Pubblicazione: | Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2011] |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 951/.03 |
| Soggetto geografico: | China History Guangxu, 1875-1908 Anecdotes |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-315) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The empress and Mrs. Conger |
| ISBN: | 988-220-755-3 |
| 988-8053-70-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789485203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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