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The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 Paperback - 2001
by Preston, Diana
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Relying on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the foreign defenders in the diplomatic district of Peking, and on her own extensive research from both Chinese and Western perspectives, Preston places readers squarely in the middle of events as they unfold during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
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- Title The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
- Author Preston, Diana
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Printing
- Condition UsedAcceptable
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2001-07-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5D400000A6GG_ns
- ISBN 9780425180846 / 0425180840
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.08 x 6 x 0.99 in (23.06 x 15.24 x 2.51 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects China - History - Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00066771
- Dewey Decimal Code 951.035
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Summary
Chinese peasants chafed against the foreign technologies and ideas that the imperialists introduced. Then a new movement-mystical, materialistic, and virulently anti-Christian-began to spread among them like wildfire. The foreigners laughed at the peasants' martial-arts routines and nicknamed them "the Boxers"-never imagining that the group, with the backing of China's empress dowager, would soon terrorize the world...This acclaimed account of the Boxer Rebellion, by an Oxford-trained historian, is an important new addition to every shelf of high-quality, highly accessible history.
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TURN-of-the-century Peking (Beijing) was the world's filthiest city-or so foreigners thought.