Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
Subtitle: China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War
By: by Stephen R. Platt
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780307271730
Subjects: Manchus; Relations; Foreign Visitors; Americans; Ethnic relations; Ethnic conflict; Europeans; Foreign Participation; History
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Dramatis Personae; title: Chronology of Major Events; title: Prologue: Heaven's Children; title: pt. 1. Twilight; title: The Preacher's Assistant; title: Neutrality; title: The Shield King; title: Soundings; title: An Appointment in the North; title: pt. 2. Order Rising; title: The Reluctant General; title: The Force of Doctrine; title: Perils of Civilization; title: Endurance; title: Heaven and Earth; title: Crossings; title: pt. 3. The Great Peace; title: The Point of No Return; title: Vampires; title: Flowering Rain; title: Blood and Honor; title: Crossing the Mountain; title: Epilogue.