Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summ Er of 1900
Author(s): Diana Preston
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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Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. She is the author of The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 45 Rebellion and A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole."
General Fields
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 0.49
- : 01 July 2001
- : 231mm X 152mm X 25mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Diana Preston
- : Paperback / softback
- : English
- : 464
- : illustrations
