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050 00 $aDS759$b.P57 2012
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100 1 $aPlatt, Stephen R.
245 10 $aAutumn in the Heavenly Kingdom :$bChina, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War /$cby Stephen R. Platt.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2012.
300 $axxvii, 468 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [433]-447) and index.
505 0 $aDramatis Personae -- Chronology of Major Events -- Prologue: Heaven's Children -- pt. 1. Twilight -- The Preacher's Assistant -- Neutrality -- The Shield King -- Soundings -- An Appointment in the North -- pt. 2. Order Rising -- The Reluctant General -- The Force of Doctrine -- Perils of Civilization -- Endurance -- Heaven and Earth -- Crossings -- pt. 3. The Great Peace -- The Point of No Return -- Vampires -- Flowering Rain -- Blood and Honor -- Crossing the Mountain -- Epilogue.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yTaiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.
651 0 $aChina$xRelations$zWestern countries.
651 0 $aWestern countries$xRelations$zChina.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yTaiping Rebellion, 1850-1864$xParticipation, Foreign.
650 0 $aVisitors, Foreign$zChina$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aEuropeans$zChina$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAmericans$zChina$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aManchus$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aEthnic conflict$zChina$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aChina$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y19th century.