Strangers at the Gate

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  • Strangers at the Gate Book Detail

  • Author : Frederic Wakeman
  • Release Date : 1997-12-30
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 296
  • ISBN 13 : 9780520212398
  • File Size : 90,90 MB

Strangers at the Gate by Frederic Wakeman PDF Summary

Book Description: First published in 1966, and now available once more, this pioneering work examines the relationship between the Chinese civil and military authorities and the British trading community in Guangdong province on the eve of the Taiping Rebellion--one of the most calamitous events in Chinese history. The book explores the various factors that led to the progression of rebellion and the inevitability of revolution.

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