Thomas Cochrane and the dragon throne : confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China /: confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China. ([2018])
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- Book
- Title:
- Thomas Cochrane and the dragon throne : confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China /: confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China. ([2018])
- Main Title:
- Thomas Cochrane and the dragon throne : confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China
- Further Information:
- Note: Andrew Adam.
- Authors:
- Adam, Andrew E, 1939-
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on the Boxer Uprising of 1900; 1 Journey to the interior; 2 The neediest place on earth; 3 The Peach Blossom Spring; 4 The medical ropes; 5 Life in the villages; 6 The scourge of Mongolia; 7 The gathering storm; 8 'Kill the foreigners before breakfast'; 9 Back to Peking; 10 The Blue Death; 11 The Empress and her eunuchs; 12 Ten Thousand Good Deeds Brought Together; 13 Getting started; 14 Years of fulfilment; 15 The Rockefeller succession; Epilogue: After China; Appendix 1: Empress Dowager Cixi Appendix 2: Opium -- the foreign smokeAppendix 3: Imperial eunuchs; Bibliography; Index
- Publisher Details:
- London : SPCK
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Copyright Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 610.92
Missionaries, Medical -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine
MEDICAL / Atlases
MEDICAL / Essays
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice
MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine
MEDICAL / Osteopathy
Electronic books
Travel -- Mongolia
Travel -- China - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780281080373
0281080372 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780281080366
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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