Description: Title: Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China Author: Chang, Jung Publisher: Anchor Books Binding: Paperback Pages: 464 Dimensions: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d Product Weight: 1.55 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780307456700 A New York Times Notable BookAn NPR Best Book of the Year In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng's numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her son's regents and placed herself as the true source of power--governing through a silk screen that separated her from her male officials. Drawing on newly available sources, Jung Chang comprehensively overturns Cixi's reputation as a conservative despot. Cixi's extraordinary reign saw the birth of modern China. Under her, the ancient country attained industries, railways, electricity, and a military with up-to-date weaponry. She abolished foot-binding, inaugurated women's liberation, and embarked on a path to introduce voting rights. Packed with drama, this groundbreaking biography powerfully reforms our view of a crucial period in China's--and the world's--history. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Empress Dowager Cixi : the Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 1.2 in
Topic: Women, Royalty, Asia / China, Historical
Publication Year: 2014
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 25.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Jung Chang
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
