| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315) and index. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I -- Eagle and Dragon; 1 -- Farmer's daughter; 2 -- Mother of China; 3 -- High walls; 4 -- Chinese Christians; 5 -- Daws in peacock's feathers; 6 -- Imperial audience; 7 -- Christmas in Beijing; 8 -- Unlocking the gates; Plate Section; 9 -- Gathering storm; II -- Battle in Beijing; 10 -- Shadow Boxers; 11 -- Siege; 12 -- Survival; III -- Saving Face; 13 -- Loot; 14 -- Reconciliation; 15 -- Sisterhood; 16 -- Portrait of a woman; 17 -- Forbidden cities; 18 -- Letters to China; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In winter 1902, in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendship-the former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Conger, Sarah Pike, 1843-1932.
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Conger, Sarah Pike, 1843-1932. |
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Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908.
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Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908. |
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Conger, Sarah Pike, 1843-1932. |
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Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908. |
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China -- History -- Guangxu, 1875-1908 -- Anecdotes.
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| Chronological Term |
1875-1908 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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History.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Title |
Uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964- Empress and Mrs. Conger. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2011 9789888083008 (DLC) 2011405566 (OCoLC)682897050 |
| ISBN |
9789888053704 (electronic book) |
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9888053701 (electronic book) |
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9789888083008 |
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9888083007 |
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