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Author | : Reginald F. Johnston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 573 |
Release | : 2011-06-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1108029655 |
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Johnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.
Author | : Reginald Fleming Johnston |
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Release | : 1985 |
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Author | : Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Beijing (China) |
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Author | : Reginald Fleming Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 2022-01-19 |
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ISBN | : 9781684226658 |
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2022 Reprint of the 1934 Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. From 1919 to 1924, R.F. Johnston, a British colonial official, scholar, writer and great admirer of Chinese culture, served as tutor and adviser to the last Emperor of China, who had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of power, the emperor was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence in the Forbidden City in Beijing [Peking], which he did until the winter of 1924. This book, first published in 1934, is Johnston's account of that period, during which he was uniquely placed to observe the twilight years of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
Author | : Reginald Fleming Johnston (Sir) |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1934 |
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Author | : Stephen R. Platt |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307961745 |
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As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
Author | : Henry Puyi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2019-09-16 |
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ISBN | : 9784871872737 |
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The term "Twilight in the Forbidden City" refers to the long period of time when the Emperor had lost all political power but continued to hold court and enjoy his status and title. Emperor Pu-Yi was chosen by Empress Dowager Cixi on her deathbed. Puyi became emperor at the age of 2 years and 10 months in December 1908 after the Guangxu Emperor died on 14 November. Titled the Xuantong Emperor, Puyi's introduction to the life of an emperor began when palace officials arrived at his family residence to take him. On the evening of 13 November 1908, without any advance notice, a procession of eunuchs and guardsmen led by the palace chamberlain left the Forbidden City for the Northern Mansion to inform Prince Chun that they were taking away his two-year-old son Puyi to be the new emperor. He ruled off and on from then until China was defeated in 1945.
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Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : Edward Behr |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780553344745 |
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Tells the story of Pu Yi, who became Emperor of China at age three, was made puppet emperor of Manchuria by the Japanese, was captured by the Russians, and was reeducated in Red Chinese prison
Author | : Princess Der Ling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Beijing (China) |
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The author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yü Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. -- Foreword.