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Taiping Rebellion - 1850–64, revolt against the Ch'ing (Manchu) dynasty of China. Perhaps the most important event in 19th-century China, it was led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan, a visionary from Guangdong who evolved a political creed influenced by elements of Christianity. His object was to found a new dynasty, the Taiping [great peace]. Strong discontent with the Chinese


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    The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vol. III: Documents and Comments (Parts V toVI) » Read Now

    by Franz Michael, Chung-li Chang. 1087 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...rests with the author. THE TAIPING REBELLION Histog and Documents...DOCUMENTS AND COMMENTS -iv- The TAIPING REBELLION History and Documents...APPENDIX I: A CHRONOLOGY OF...
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    Chinese Sources for the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 » Read Now

    by J. C. Cheng. 186 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...ii- Chinese Sources for the TAIPING REBELLION 1850-1864 by J. C. CHENG...General Line of Advance of the Taiping Rebellion 1850-1853 Facing 92...literature about the great...
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    The Taiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and Influences » Read Now

    by Vincent Y. C. Shih. 556 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...papers on the nature of the Taiping Rebellion. But the whole chorus of voices...movement a peasant war. If the Taiping rebellion was neither a peasant war...ominously...
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    The Political History of China, 1840-1928 (Chap. Two "The Taiping Rebellion") » Read Now

    by Li Chien-nung, Ssu-Yu Teng, Jeremy Ingalls . 548 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...43 II. THE TAIPING REBELLION 47 Background of the Taiping Rebellion 47 The Heavenly...the West. In 1851 began the Taiping Rebellion, which was not suppressed until...
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    Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to the 1980s (Chap. 3 "The Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864") » Read Now

    by Jack Gray. 456 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...3. THE TAIPING REBELLION, 1850-1864 52...The Origins of the Rebellion 55 The Taiping Kingdom 59...of Nanjing; end of the Taiping Rebellion. 1865 Jan. Buzurg...
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    Mercenaries and Mandarins: The Ever-Victorious Army in Nineteenth Century China » Read Now

    by Richard J. Smith. 236 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...chun. Chang sheng chun. 2. Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864. I. Title. II. Series...personal perspective on the Taiping Rebellion. A great many other friends...dignity." 3...
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    Modernization and Revolution in China (Chap. 3 "Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion") » Read Now

    by June Grasso, Jay Corrin, Michael Kort. 276 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...and political order of the Taiping Rebellion 1850- 1864 , an uprising...reached the millions. The Taiping Rebellion was a unique event in Chinese...The special character of...
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    Dialogues across Civilizations: Sketches in World History from the Chinese and European Experiences (Chap. 4 "Popular Protest and Rural Activism: The Utopian Visions of Thomas Muntzer and Hong Xiuquan") » Read Now

    by Roxann Prazniak. 212 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Poverty , 84 Course of Rebellion: Social-Class Alliances , 88...Xiuquan 79 Anabaptist texts 82 Taiping texts 84 Otto von Bismarck 98...happened in China. The Anabaptist and...
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    Imperialism and Chinese Politics (Chap. 1 "Establishment of New Relationships (1840-1864)") » Read Now

    by Hu Sheng. 312 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...to suppress the rebellion. 4 In fact...again visited the Taiping capital, Nanking...effect put down the Taiping Rebellion. Bales did not...their rule, the Taipings revealed...
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    Women and Social Protest (Chap. 6 "Women in the Taiping Movement in Nineteenth-Century China") » Read Now

    by Guida West, Rhoda Lois Blumberg. 406 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...103 6. Women in the Taiping Movement in Nineteenth-Century China...tive action" rather than "protest," "rebellion," or similar terms because the use of...crises, such as...
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    Resistance, Chaos, and Control in China: Taiping Rebels, Taiwanese Ghosts, and Tiananmen » Read Now

    by Robert P. Weller. 245 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...97285-8 1. China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864. 2. China History...diverse as they can be. The Taiping rebellion in the middle of the nineteenth...be very different...
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    The International Relations of the Chinese Empire, Vol. II: The Period of Submission, 1861-1893 (Chap. IV "The Taiping Rebellion: Ward" and Chap. V "The Taiping Rebillion: Gordon") » Read Now

    by Hosea Ballou Morse. 480 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...International interest in the rebellion 64 2. Taiping operations during 1860 and...22. Final efforts of Taiping forces 110 CHAPTER VI 1. Subsequent rebellions ; the bubonic...
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    The Chinese Revolution in Historical Perspective (Chap. 4 "Rebellion and Western Pressures: Problems Begin") » Read Now

    by John E. Schrecker. 240 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "Instead of applying Western concepts of historical analysis to China, Schrecker seeks to understand modern history, both of China and of the West, through Chinese historiographical categories. The reader will appreciate not only the Chinese historiographical tradition but also the way this...
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    The Origins of the Tiandihui: The Chinese Triads in Legend and History » Read Now

    by Dian H. Murray, Qin Baoqi. 350 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Continuous turmoil, recurrent cycles of rebellion, and closure to the outside characterized...developed at the time of the Zhu Yigui rebellion 172I , often amounted to...

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