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A New York Times Notable Book§§In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng's numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her son's regents and placed herself as the true source of power - governing through a silk screen that separated her from her male officials.§ Drawing on newly available sources, Jung Chang comprehensively overturns Cixi's reputation as a conservative despot. Cixi's extraordinary reign saw the birth of modern China. Under her, the ancient country attained industries, railways, electricity, and a military with up-to-date weaponry. She abolished foot-binding, inaugurated women's liberation, and embarked on a path to introduce voting rights. Packed with drama, this groundbreaking biography powerfully reforms our view of a crucial period in China's - and the world's - history.§§

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• Full title: Empress Dowager Cixi. Kaiserinwitwe Cixi, englische Ausgabe
• Subtitle: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
• Author: Jung Chang
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• EAN: 9780307456700
• ISBN: 0307456706
• ID: 05247249
• Publisher: Random House
• Weight: 727 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 154 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. September 2014

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