Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story Of China's War On Foreigners That Shook The World In The Summ Er Of 1900

Author: Diana Preston

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Price : $29.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780425180846
Publisher : Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint : Penguin Publishing Group
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Weight (g) : 0.49
Publication date : 01 July 2001
Dimensions : 231mm X 152mm X 25mm
Produced in : United States
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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."

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