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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 / Diana Preston.

Preston, Diana, 1952- (Author). Preston, Diana, 1952- Besieged in Peking. (Added Author).

Summary:

"The Boxer Rebellion is a panoramic chronicle of the uprising and ensuing two-month siege of the eleven foreign ministries in Peking (now Beijing), and of the foreign community in Tientsin (now Tianjin), during the summer of 1900 - the repercussions of which have echoed throughout the intervening century. It left tens of thousands of Chinese dead, precipitated the end of dynastic rule in China, and has tainted China's relationship with the wider world to this day. It is also a richly human story." "Relying on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of the defenders, and on her own extensive research from both Chinese and Western perspectives, Diana Preston portrays the dramatic human experience of the Boxer rising."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0802713610 (jacket)
ISBN: 9780802713612 (jacket)
Physical Description: xxvii, 436 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Walker, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First published, in somewhat different form, as Besieged in Peking in Great Britain in 1999 by Constable and Company, Ltd."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-408) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Poison in the Well: China on the Eve of the Boxer Rebellion -- A Thousand Deaths -- Boxers and Devils -- The Approaching Hour -- Rats in a Trap -- "Sha! Sha!" -- "Death and Destruction to the Foreigner!" 20 June-21 July 1900 -- A Failed Rescue -- City of Mud and Fire -- Behind the Tartar Wall -- The Drifting Horror -- The Darkest Night -- War and Watermelons: 21 July-14 August 1900 -- A Truce and a Triumph -- The Half-Armistice -- Horsemeat and Hope -- In through the Sluice Gate -- Murder, Rape, and Exile: Scenes from the Boxer Summer -- "Tour of Inspection" -- The Island of the Peitang -- The Faith and Fate of the Missionaries -- The Spoils of Peking -- Another Country? China in the Wake of the Boxer Rebellion -- The Treaty -- The Court Returns -- ... And the Foreigner Departs -- The Boxer Legacy.