The Boxer War
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The Origins Of The Boxer War
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Author : Lanxin Xiang
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-04
The Origins Of The Boxer War written by Lanxin Xiang and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with History categories.
This is the first book to provide a panoramic view of the origins of the Boxer War. Comprehensively examining this historical conundrum of the 20th century from a detached perspective, the book is based on ten years of exhaustive research of both unpublished and published materials from all nine countries involved. Analysing the misunderstanding between the Chinese and foreign governments of the day, Lanxin Xiang debunks the traditional view that the anti-foreign Empress Dowager of the Chinese Empire was chiefly responsible for this catastrophic episode which altered the course of 20th century China's relationship with the west.
The Boxers China And The World
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Author : Robert Bickers
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2007-07-12
The Boxers China And The World written by Robert Bickers and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-12 with History categories.
In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multidisciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is now known as the Boxer War, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperialism in China, and on the foreign imagination. This war introduced the world to the "Boxers," the seemingly fanatical, violent xenophobes who, believing themselves invulnerable to foreign bullets, died in their thousands in front of foreign guns. But 1900 also saw the imperialism of the 1890s checked and the Qing rulers of China move to embark on a series of shattering reforms. The Boxers have often been represented as a force from China's past, resisting an enforced modernity. Here, expert contributors argue that this rebellion was instead a wholly modern resistance to globalizing power, representing new trends in modern China and in international relations. The allied invasion of north China in late summer 1900 was the first multinational intervention in the name of "civilization," with the issues and attendant problems that have become all too familiar in the early twenty-first century. Indeed, understanding the Boxer rising and the Boxer war remains a pressing contemporary issue. This volume will appeal to readers interested in modern Chinese, East Asian, and European history as well as the history of imperialism, colonialism, warfare, missionary work, and Christianity. Contributions by: C. A. Bayly, Lewis Bernstein, Robert Bickers, Paul A. Cohen, Henrietta Harrison, James L. Hevia, Ben Middleton, T. G. Otte, Roger R. Thompson, R. G. Tiedemann, and Anand A. Yang.
Boxer Rebellion
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Author : Diana Preston
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2001-07-01
Boxer Rebellion written by Diana Preston and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-01 with History categories.
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.
The Boxer Rebellion And The Great Game In China
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Author : David J. Silbey
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2012-03-27
The Boxer Rebellion And The Great Game In China written by David J. Silbey and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-27 with History categories.
A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powers. The year is 1900, and Western empires are locked in entanglements across the globe. The British are losing a bitter war against the Boers while the German kaiser is busy building a vast new navy. The United States is struggling to put down an insurgency in the South Pacific while the upstart imperialist Japan begins to make clear to neighboring Russia its territorial ambition. In China, a perennial pawn in the Great Game, a mysterious group of superstitious peasants is launching attacks on the Western powers they fear are corrupting their country. These ordinary Chinese—called Boxers by the West because of their martial arts showmanship—rise up seemingly out of nowhere. Foreshadowing the insurgencies of our recent past, they lack a centralized leadership and instead tap into latent nationalism and deep economic frustration to build their army. Many scholars brush off the Boxer Rebellion as an ill-conceived and easily defeated revolt, but in The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China, the military historian David J. Silbey shows just how close the Boxers came to beating back the combined might of the imperial powers. Drawing on the diaries and letters of allied soldiers and diplomats, he paints a vivid portrait of the war. Although their cause ended just as quickly as it began, the Boxers would inspire Chinese nationalists—including a young Mao Zedong—for decades to come.
The Origins Of The Boxer Uprising
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Author : Joseph Esherick
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1987
The Origins Of The Boxer Uprising written by Joseph Esherick and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.
The Origins Of The Boxer Uprising
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Author : Joseph W. Esherick
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1988-08-18
The Origins Of The Boxer Uprising written by Joseph W. Esherick and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-08-18 with History categories.
In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.
Some Did It For Civilisation Some Did It For Their Country
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Author : Jane E. Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Release Date : 2002
Some Did It For Civilisation Some Did It For Their Country written by Jane E. Elliott and has been published by Chinese University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
This book marks a total departure from previous studies of the Boxer War. It evaluates the way the war was perceived and portrayed at the time by the mass media. As such the book offers insights to a wider audience than that of sinologists or Chinese historians. The important distinction made by the author is between image makers and eyewitnesses. Whole categories of powerful image makers, both Chinese and foreign, never saw anything of the Boxer War but were responsible for disseminating images of that war to millions of people in China and throughout the world.
The Boxer War
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Author : Thoralf Klein
language : en
Publisher: Solivagus Praeteritum
Release Date : 2020-04
The Boxer War written by Thoralf Klein and has been published by Solivagus Praeteritum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04 with categories.
Exploring the media coverage of the Boxer War in Western countries as well as in Chinese provinces, this international volume identifies media as the key link between a historical event and its memory. Moving beyond a narrow definition of media, the contributions include a number of media types that have been rarely, if at all, studied before in this context - for example the analysis of German soldiers' letters, parliamentary debates as a form of performative medium, games and toys, periodicals, adventure novels, and school textbooks as well as archival practices of storing and ordering records -, examining the dynamics between various types of media in a plurimedial setting, explicitly including comparative research. Tracing the relationship between media and time, this volume also adresses the question how historical memory is transmitted via media to present times and how the Boxer War became a historical point of reference in its own right.
Beleaguered In Pekin The Boxer S War Against The Foreigner
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Author : Robert Coltman
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-19
Beleaguered In Pekin The Boxer S War Against The Foreigner written by Robert Coltman and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with History categories.
Beleaguered in Pekin: The Boxer's War Against the Foreigner is a work by Robert Coltman. It depicts the Siege of the Legations Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion and the tragic heroism amongst the fighters.
Peking 1900
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Author : Peter Harrington
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2005
Peking 1900 written by Peter Harrington and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
In 1900 a violent rebellion swept northern China - the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops. It was a race against time. Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue.