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])

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.