Jung chang books list of books by author jung chang. Empress dowager cixi book king county library system. She was a red guard briefly at the age of fourteen and then worked as a peasant, a barefoot doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an englishlanguage student and, later, an assistant lecturer at sichuan university. In jung changs book, cixi becomes the superhero who, as her book title states, launched modern china. A woman, an empress of immense wealth who was largely a prisoner within. In 1852, at age sixteen, cixi was chosen as one of emperor xianfengs numerous concubines. Jung chang has used extensive research into previously untapped sources to illuminate the life and reign of empress dowager cixi, the woman chang credits with ushering in the age of modernity in china. She ruled china for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. The unknown story, the dramatic, epic biography of the woman who ruled china for fifty years, overcoming centuries of traditions and formalitiesand found ways to modernize china, exposing its culture to western political ideas and technology. In this groundbreaking biography, jung chang vividly describes how cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change china. When he died in 1861, their fiveyearold son succeeded to the. Z library is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. From the bestselling author of wild swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought china into the modern age. Empress dowager cixi buckinghamshire council overdrive.
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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading empress dowager cixi. Jung chang in this groundbreaking biography, jung chang vividly describes how empress dowager cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change china. In this groundbreaking biography, jung chang vividly describes how empress dowager cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change china. Jung chang was born in sichuan province, china, in 1952. Empress dowager cixi download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Her books have been translated into over 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies outside mainland china where they are banned. Schell writes 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 an important figure or even an entire era. At the age of sixteen, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, cixi was chosen as one of the empero. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than fifteen million copies outside mainland china, where they are both. It opens a window onto a time and society about which i know very little. Chang presents a sympathetic portrait of the empress dowager cixi, who unofficially controlled the manchu qing dynasty in china for 47 years, from 1861 to her death in 1908. The unknown story, the dramatic, epic biography of the unusual woman who ruled china for 50 years, from concubine to empress, overturning centuries of traditions and formalities to bring china into the.
A new york times notable bookempress dowager cixi 18351908 is the most important woman in chinese history. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of chinabehind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male. Empress dowager cixi led an intense and singular life. Jung changs new book gives the infamous concubine cixi her due. Empress dowager cixi king county library system overdrive. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than fifteen million copies outside mainland china, where they. Read limperatrice cixi by jung chang available from rakuten kobo.
Jung chang project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Chosen at the age of twelve to be a concubine by the. Empress dowager cixi the concubine who launched modern china book. When he died in 1861, their fiveyearold son succeeded to the throne. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than fifteen million copies outside mainland china, where they are both banned. Empress dowager cixi ebook las vegasclark county library. Cixi s extraordinary reign saw the birth of modern china.
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The unknown story, the dramatic, epic biography of the unusual woman who ruled china for 50 years, from concubine to empress, overturning centuries of traditions and formalities to bring china i. Empress dowager cixi dayton metro library overdrive. In october 20, chang published a biography of empress dowager cixi, who. Three daughters of china by chang, jung and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the. Jung chang has written a pathbreaking and generally persuasive book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jung chang is the bestselling author of wild swans, which the asian wall street journal called the most widely read book about china, and mao. Sep 26, 20 it opens a window onto a time and society about which i know very little.
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