{"product_id":"9780804792066-what-remains","title":"What Remains","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComing to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China\u003cbr\u003eBy calling attention to the human costs of China's Taiping War, \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/i\u003e offers new perspectives on issues of abiding interest to historians of 19th and 20th century China: the effects of lingering dynastic decline, the effects of violence on local communities, the emergence of elite activism, and the changing relationship between state and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Many millions of people lost their lives. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely studied by scholars in China and elsewhere, we still know little of how individuals coped with these cataclysmic events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing upon a rich array of primary sources, \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains \u003c\/i\u003e explores the issues that preoccupied Chinese and Western survivors. Individuals, families, and communities grappled with fundamental questions of loyalty and loss as they struggled to rebuild shattered cities, bury the dead, and make sense of the horrors that they had witnessed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDriven by compelling accounts of raw emotion and deep injury, \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/i\u003e opens a window to a world described by survivors themselves. This book transforms our understanding of China's 19th century and recontextualizes suffering and loss in China during the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53567261213046,"sku":"9780804792066","price":23.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36049365_f951279b-ea3f-4179-9f0d-c8f3cfab1454.jpg?v=1757580529","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780804792066-what-remains","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}