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New York, N.Y. : Skyhorse, c2010. |
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| ISBN: |
9781602397323 (pbk.) |
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| Call number: |
DS773 .C51513 2009 |
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| Description: |
xxv, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
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Emperors -- China -- Biography.
Puyi, 1906-1967.
Puyi, 1906-1967 -- Childhood and youth.
Puyi, 1906-1967 -- Exile.
China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
China -- History -- 1949-1976.
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| Note: |
Originally published: London : Barker, 1967. "Edited by Paul Kramer"--Cover. Translated from the Chinese. |
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| Summary: |
"In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking{u2019}s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yi{u2019}s life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion: fleeing from a Chinese warlord, becoming head of a Japanese puppet state, being confined to a Russian prison in Siberia, and enduring taxing labor. The Last Manchu is a unique, enthralling record of China{u2019}s most turbulent, dramatic years."--Publisher description. |
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pt. 1. My childhood -- Coronation and abdication -- Living as emperor -- "Mothers" and son -- My wet nurse -- Eunuchs -- Studying in the Yu Ching Palace -- Reginald Johnston, my British tutor -- pt. 2. My youth -- Brief restoration -- My wedding -- Family clashes -- Dispersal of the eunuchs -- Reorganizing the Household Department -- pt. 3. My exile -- From the Forbidden City to the Legation Quarter -- Tientsin -- Mausoleums and the Japanese -- Living in the temporary palace -- Unquiet "quiet" garden -- Crossing the White River -- pt. 4. My fourteen-year restoration -- Chief executive of Manchukuo -- Imperial dreams -- Treaty -- Emperor for the third time -- Illusions vanish -- Yasunori Yoshioka, my adviser -- Majesty without power -- Collapse -- pt. 5. My captivity -- Five years in the Soviet Union -- Back to Manchuria, a prisoner -- Isolated -- Intensified brainwashing -- Self-pity -- Conditions improve -- Special pardon -- pt. 6. My new life -- The Forbidden City, revisited -- Epilogue. |
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china, history |