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Oct 29, 2013 · Chang, author of the impeccable Wild Swans (2003), provides a revisionist biography of a controversial concubine who rose through the ranks to become a long-reigning, power- wielding dowager empress during the delicate era when China emerged from its isolationist cocoon to become a legitimate player on the international stage.
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Empress Dowager Cixi [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì] (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost 50 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908.
Oct 25, 2013 · By Orville Schell. Oct. 25, 2013. For historians, there is no more powerful aphrodisiac than an exciting topic buoyed by a raft of unexploited sources, raising the prospect of a revisionist look at...
Sep 26, 2013 · Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. Jung Chang. 3.89. 9,799 ratings1,111 reviews. A New York Times Notable Book. Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age.
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Dec 23, 2019 · Language. English. xiii, 436 pages : 24 cm. In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang shows that under Cixi's rule China acquired virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, cars, electricity, telephones, Western medicine, an army and navy with modern weaponry.
Sep 30, 2014 · View Kindle Edition. From internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans, and co-author of the bestselling Mao: The Unknown Story, this is the dramatic, epic biography of the unusual woman who ruled China for 50 years.
- Jung Chang
Oct 30, 2013 · Jung Chang's new book tackles the legend and legacy of Empress Dowager Cixi, the concubine who modernized China. Katie Baker. Executive Editor. Updated Aug. 09, 2017 2:47PM EDT Published...
