Reginald F. Johnston

Twilight in the Forbidden City

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Produktbeschreibung

Johnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 572
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 797g
• ISBN-13: 9781108029650
• ISBN-10: 1108029655
• Artikelnr.: 33270564

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Preface
1. The Reform Movement of 1898
2. The collapse of the Reform Movement
3. Reaction and the Boxer Movement, 1898-1901
4. The last years of Kuang-Hsü, 1901-1908
5. The Empress-Dowager, T`z¿-Hsi
6. The Revolution, 1911
7. The 'Articles of Favourable Treatment' of the Manchu Imperial House
8. The Ta Ch`ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors
9. Change Hsün and the Restoration of 1917
10. Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-Tree (translated from the Chinese)
11. The Forbidden City, 1919-1924
12. The Imperial tutors
13. The Manchu court in twilight
14. The Imperial Household Department (Nei Wu Fu)
15. The dragon unfledged
16. Monarchist hopes and dreams
17. The dragon restless
18. The dragon flaps his wings
19. Dragon and phoenix
20. Plots and stratagems
21. The Imperial garden
22. The summer palace
23. The Fifth of November
24. The dragon caged
25. The flight of the dragon
Epilogue: the dragon goes home
Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors
Notes
Index.