The Boxer Uprising: A Background Study - Brossura

Purcell, Victor

 
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Dr Prucell examines the origin and development of the Boxer Uprising of 1900.

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Dr Prucell examines the Boxer Uprising of 1900. He based this 1963 study mainly on freshly published Chinese sources and he examined the origin and development of this important movement in Chinese history. This valuable work will interest historians of the Far East and to everyone interested in the emergence of China.

Contenuti

Preface; Note; Abbreviation; 1. The Manchu government and its armed forces; 2. Chinese society during the late Ch'ing period; 3. The impact of the West; 4. The battle of the concessions; 5. Reform and reaction; 6. 'Anti-foreign' or 'anti-missionary'?; 7. Sects and rebellions; 8. The reappearance of the Boxers; 9. 'Pro-dynastic' or 'anti-dynastic'? I; 10. 'Pro-dynastic' or 'anti-dynastic'? II; 11. Boxer beliefs and organization; 12. Triumph and fiasco; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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