The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire by Thomas H.

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Occupying much of imperial China's Yangzi River heartland and costing more than twenty million lives, the Taiping Rebellion (1851-64) was no ordinary peasant revolt. What most distinguished this dramatic upheaval from earlier rebellions were the spiritual beliefs of the rebels.

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The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire by Thomas H.

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Occupying much of imperial China's Yangzi River heartland and costing over twenty million lives, the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) was no ordinary peasant revolt. What most distinguished this dramatic upheaval from earlier rebellions was the Taiping faith of the rebels.

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