Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. . By clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. He is an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is also the author of.
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. . | ISBN 9780307957597 ISBN 9780857897664 and 97671. Platt is at his best when dissecting the often absurd dynamics of Western intervention.” —Ross Perlin, The Daily Beast “An intricate and compelling historical narrative rich in military campaigning, vivid personalities and, above all, diplomatic misunderstanding. [Platt] juxtaposes the competing ideologies and leaders of the ruling Manchu Qing dynasty and the Hunan Taiping rebels with savvy and assurance. Not On Our Shelves—Ships in 1-5 Days. Read full review. Buy Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, The West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War Main by Platt, Stephen R. (ISBN: 9780857897688) from Amazon's Book Store. Publication Date: December 11, … Please call before going to store. Stephen R. Platt recounts these events in spellbinding detail, building his story on two fascinating characters with opposing visions for China’s future: the conservative Confucian scholar Zeng Guofan, an accidental general who emerged as the most influential military strategist in China’s modern history; and Hong Rengan, a brilliant Taiping leader whose grand vision of building a modern, industrial, and pro-Western Chinese state ended in tragic failure. The Taiping rebels drew their power from the poor and the disenfranchised, unleashing the ethnic rage of millions of Chinese against their Manchu rulers. Knopf, $30 (496p) ISBN 978-0-307-27173-0 . Excellent book.A history book that reads like a novel. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War. Please try again later. . Winner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in HistoryA gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, when word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces, led by a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and brother of Jesus. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War (Paperback) By Stephen R. Platt. By neatly folding in the machinations of the British, Platt paints a picture of combat dire enough to have choked the Yangtze’s flow several times with discarded victims.” —Jonathan E. Lazarus, Newark Star-Ledger“Platt has skillfully converted his erudition into an eminently general-interest treatment of what may have been the most lethal civil war in history.” —Gilbert Taylor, Booklist (starred review) “Splendid. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom may not have said the last word on the Taiping Rebellion, but the story it tells is powerful, dramatic, and unforgettable.” —Minxin Pei, San Francisco Chronicle “Structurally, Stephen Platt’s Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom is a thriller. The Taiping rebels drew their power from the poor and the disenfranchised, unleashing the ethnic rage of millions of Chinese against their Manchu rulers. Describes an area of Chinese history that though known about is rarely placed in its world context. Best Seller. They should teach this one in schools.” —Gerard Martinez, San Antonio Express-News “A compelling and often meticulous account. . . Published 5 July 2012 The bloodbath paralleled our own North-South conflict, but dwarfed it in terms of casualties, geography and global fallout. Buy Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War Main by Stephen R. Platt (ISBN: 9780857897664) from Amazon's Book Store. Online and in-store stock may differ. Paperback $17.95. . Description. When Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter in 1861, the Taiping rebellion had been raging for 10 years, and it would continue until rebel supply lines collapsed in 1864. This homegrown movement seemed all but unstoppable until Britain and the United States stepped in and threw their support behind the Manchus: after years of massive carnage, all opposition to Qing rule was effectively snuffed out for generations. . Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. . The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, when word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces, led by a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and brother of Jesus. Stephen R. Platt recounts these events in spellbinding detail, building his story on two fascinating characters with opposing visions for China’s future: the conservative Confucian scholar Zeng Guofan, an accidental general who emerged as the most influential military strategist in China’s modern history; and Hong Rengan, a brilliant Taiping leader whose grand vision of building a modern, industrial, and pro-Western Chinese state ended in tragic failure.
Category: Asian World History | Military History Category: Asian World History | Military History. . While this book does an excellent job narrating the political events of the Taiping Rebellion, it treats the Taiping movement itself as an "other" around which swirl the machinations of Qing Mandarins ... Read full review, Excellent book.A history book that reads like a novel. We read in starred reviews things like ‘the book brings history to life.’ We read these words so often that we have forgotten what they mean, but this book reminds us. By Stephen R. Platt. . Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War Stephen R. Platt. It is a critically important achievement.” —Robert D. Kaplan, author of Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power “Stephen Platt brings to vivid life a pivotal chapter in China’s history that has been all but forgotten: the Taiping Rebellion in the mid-nineteenth century, which cost one of the greatest losses of life of any war in history. STEPHEN R. PLATT is a professor of Chinese history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. By Stephen Platt. Editor's Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy, The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield, My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner, The Oxford New Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus, Discover Book Picks from the CEO of Penguin Random House US. It is a tragic and powerful story.”—Jonathan Spence, author of The Search for Modern China“The ambitious scale and lively writing make Platt’s book an excellent entree into a pivotal event in world history.” —CHOICE Magazine, Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House, Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network.
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War (Vintage Books, 2012) is a deeply international history of the Taiping Civil War that situates the story of modern China within a broader, global history of civil war in the US and beyond. Describes an area of Chinese history that though known about is rarely placed in its world context. A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom (Paperback) China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War. . Winner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in History A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history.
It makes history immediate and personal, one that speaks to us on a sensory, moral, intellectual and emotional level. . An upheaval that led to the deaths of 20 million, dwarfing the simultaneously fought American Civil War, deserves to be better known, and Platt accomplishes this with a superb history of a 19th-century China faced with internal disorder and predatory Western intrusions.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Stephen Platt’s history of the Taiping rebellion in mid-19th century China sheds an authoritative and comprehensive window on a major event in world history that up until now has too often been consigned to a footnote in the West. . . This is an essential and enthralling history of the rise and fall of the movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China on an entirely different path into the modern world. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War By Stephen R. Platt By Stephen R. Platt By Stephen R. Platt By Stephen R. Platt. His last book, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom (Knopf, 2012), was a Washington Post notable book, a Foreign Policy ”favorite read,” and won the Cundill Prize. . . Read the Book Behind the Showtime Limited Series, Ina Garten's Latest Cozy and Delicious Recipes, Discover the Prologue to Jodi Picoult's Poignant New Novel, Audiobooks Read By Your Favorite Celebrities, Chilling Audiobooks for a Haunting Halloween. Buy, Feb 07, 2012 Enter your zip code below to purchase from an indie close to you. Platt lives with his wife… More about Stephen R. Platt, “A refreshing and gripping account that illuminates how civil conflicts can suck in outsiders and why the West has had great difficulties in trying to maintain a façade of neutrality and protect its commercial interests at the same time. This homegrown movement seemed all but unstoppable until Britain and the United States stepped in and threw their support behind the Manchus: after years of massive carnage, all opposition to Qing rule was effectively snuffed out for generations. $17.95 . We are experiencing technical difficulties. A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history.
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Stephen R. Platt received his Ph.D. in Chinese history from Yale University, where his dissertation was awarded the Theron Rockwell Field Prize.
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