Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

China, The West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

(Author) Stephen R. Platt
Format: Paperback
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This is a history of the rise and fall of the movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China into the modern world. It looks at the Taiping Rebellion, which cost some 20 million lives.

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Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780857897688
Publish year:
2013
Publish date:
July 4, 2013

Stephen R. Platt

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