内容简介
Winnerofthe2012CundillPrizeinHistoryAgrippingaccountofChina’snineteenth-centuryTaipingRebellion,oneofthelargestcivilwarsinhistory.AutumnintheHeavenlyKingdombrimswithunforgettablecharactersandvividre-creationsofmassive
作者简介
StephenR.PlattisahistorianoflateimperialChina,specializinginthenineteenthcenturyandChina'sforeignrelations,inUniversityofMassachusetts.Hewasa2008-2010fellowofthePublicIntellectualsProgramoftheNationalCommitteeonUS-ChinaRelations,andgivesoccasionaltalksonmodernandcontemporaryChinatoaudiencesineducation,government,andthegeneralpublic.AtUMass,heteachescoursesonmodernChinesehistoryfromthe17thcenturytothepresentday,aswellasseminarsonUS-Chinarelations,comparativenationalism,andthewritingofhistory.PlattistheauthormostrecentlyofAutumnintheHeavenlyKingdom,amilitaryhistoryoftheTaipingRebellioninglobalcontextpublishedbyKnopfinthespringof2012.HeisbeginningresearchforafuturebookontheoldChinatradeandthecomingoftheOpiumWar.HeisalsotheauthorofProvincialPatriots:TheHunaneseandModernChina(HarvardUniversityPress,2007).SupportforhisresearchhascomefromtheNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities,theFulbrightprogram,andtheChiangChing-KuoFoundation.
