The Empress and Mrs. Conger: The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds - Grant Hayter-Menzies - Bookniverse
The Empress and Mrs. Conger: The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds
Grant Hayter-Menzies
US $28.00
Fri Feb 11 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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9789882206496
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ePub
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Hong Kong University Press
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View moreBiography > Political Sector
History > Chinese History
The story of two women from worlds that could not seem farther apart—imperial China and the American Midwest—who found common ground before and after one of the greatest clashes between East and West, the fifty-five-day siege of the Beijing foreign legations known as the Boxer Uprising. Using diaries, letters and untapped sources, The Empress and Mrs. Conger traces the parallel lives of the Empress Dowager Cixi and American diplomat’s wife Sarah Pike Conger, which converged to alter their perspectives of each other and each other's worlds.
About the author(s)
View moreGrant Hayter-Menzies
A resident of Sidney, British Columbia, Grant Hayter-Menzies has served as art and music critic for newspapers and magazines from the U.S. Pacific Northwest to the Eastern seaboard and in Western Canada. He is a former board member of the Northwest China Council in Portland, Oregon. Grant’s first book, a long-awaited biography of American stage and screen comedienne Charlotte Greenwood, was published by McFarland & Company in May 2007.
About the publisher
View moreEstablished in 1956, and part of the University of Hong Kong, Asia’s most prominent English-speaking university, HKU Press publishes more than 30 new titles annually, with a growing proportion (more than 25%) in Chinese. Building on Hong Kong's unique global position, HKU Press books examine, critique, and celebrate Asia’s place in the world. We have gained particular renown for publications in Chinese history and culture, law, public health, social work, film/media studies, art and architecture/urban planning.
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