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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0425180840
ISBN-13
9780425180846
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1848130
Product Key Features
Book Title
Boxer Rebellion : The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer Of 1900
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Asia / China
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Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
History
Type
Textbook
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
00-066771
Reviews
"Enthralling."-- The New Yorker "With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston recreates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago."--Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking "An outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research."-- Booklist "Fascinating...penned with an obvious addiction to the delicious little details of history: whimsical, outrageous and macabre."-- The Washington Post "A dramatic narrative that can be read on the beach or in the classroom...well-researched and lavishly descriptive accounts."-- The Christian Science Monitor "Highly readable history."-- The Wall Street Journal "Compelling...Briskly paced and carefully researched, its drama is replete with curious characters."-- The Boston Globe "A nail-biting example of narrative history at its best...Preston knows precisely which colorful details will spice up this masterful mix of history, gossip, crystal-clear military strategy and ironic observations about colonial and imperial politiciking--and she keeps the pot at an irresistibly lively boil throughout."--Salon.com "Diana Preston's dramatic retelling of the summer-long siege of the Peking foreign district 100 years ago--'a pivotal episode in China's fractured relationship with the West'--does much to clarify China's enduring resentment toward foreign interference...Preston's account, compiled from the many letters, diaries, and memoirs by European survivors of the siege, captures an odd strain of mordant humor."-- The New York Times Book Review "A colorful and well-presented treatment of a crucial turning point in history."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Well-researched and well-told...brings to light the details of this obscure yet culturally significant event. Her stirring account, culled from the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the foreign survivors, shows exactly what it was like after June 20, 1900, when the Boxers and regular Chinese soldiers laid siege to foreign embassies...The vivid eyewitness accounts place the reader in the middle of events. And by shedding light on this important episode in past China-West relations, Preston goes a long way in explaining China's current suspicious attitude toward the world."-- Houston Chronicle, "Enthralling."- The New Yorker "With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston recreates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago."- Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking "An outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research."- Booklist "Fascinating…penned with an obvious addiction to the delicious little details of history: whimsical, outrageous and macabre."- The Washington Post "A dramatic narrative that can be read on the beach or in the classroom…well-researched and lavishly descriptive accounts."- The Christian Science Monitor "Highly readable history."- The Wall Street Journal "Compelling…Briskly paced and carefully researched, its drama is replete with curious characters."- The Boston Globe "A nail-biting example of narrative history at its best…Preston knows precisely which colorful details will spice up this masterful mix of history, gossip, crystal-clear military strategy and ironic observations about colonial and imperial politiciking-and she keeps the pot at an irresistibly lively boil throughout."- Salon.com "Tremendously exciting."- The Christian Science Monitor "Diana Preston's dramatic retelling of the summer-long siege of the Peking foreign district 100 years ago-'a pivotal episode in China's fractured relationship with the West'-does much to clarify China's enduring resentment toward foreign interference…Preston's account, compiled from the many letters, diaries, and memoirs by European survivors of the siege, captures an odd strain of mordant humor."- The New York Times Book Review "A colorful and well-presented treatment of a crucial turning point in history." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Well-researched and well-told…brings to light the details of this obscure yet culturally significant event. Her stirring account, culled from the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the foreign survivors, shows exactly what it was like after June 20, 1900, when the Boxers and regular Chinese soldiers laid siege to foreign embassies…The vivid eyewitness accounts place the reader in the middle of events. And by shedding light on this important episode in past China-West relations, Preston goes a long way in explaining China's current suspicious attitude toward the world."- Houston Chronicle, "Enthralling."-- The New Yorker "With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston recreates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago."-- Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking "An outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research."-- Booklist "Fascinating...penned with an obvious addiction to the delicious little details of history: whimsical, outrageous and macabre."-- The Washington Post "A dramatic narrative that can be read on the beach or in the classroom...well-researched and lavishly descriptive accounts."-- The Christian Science Monitor "Highly readable history."-- The Wall Street Journal "Compelling...Briskly paced and carefully researched, its drama is replete with curious characters."-- The Boston Globe "A nail-biting example of narrative history at its best...Preston knows precisely which colorful details will spice up this masterful mix of history, gossip, crystal-clear military strategy and ironic observations about colonial and imperial politiciking--and she keeps the pot at an irresistibly lively boil throughout."-- Salon.com "Tremendously exciting."-- The Christian Science Monitor "Diana Preston's dramatic retelling of the summer-long siege of the Peking foreign district 100 years ago--'a pivotal episode in China's fractured relationship with the West'--does much to clarify China's enduring resentment toward foreign interference...Preston's account, compiled from the many letters, diaries, and memoirs by European survivors of the siege, captures an odd strain of mordant humor."-- The New York Times Book Review "A colorful and well-presented treatment of a crucial turning point in history." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Well-researched and well-told...brings to light the details of this obscure yet culturally significant event. Her stirring account, culled from the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the foreign survivors, shows exactly what it was like after June 20, 1900, when the Boxers and regular Chinese soldiers laid siege to foreign embassies...The vivid eyewitness accounts place the reader in the middle of events. And by shedding light on this important episode in past China-West relations, Preston goes a long way in explaining China's current suspicious attitude toward the world."-- Houston Chronicle
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
951/.035
Edition Description
Reprint
Table Of Content
The Boxer RebellionPrologue I. The Poison in the Well: China on the Eve of the Boxer Rebellion 1. A Thousand Deaths 2. Boxers and Devils 3. The Approaching Hour 4. Rats in a Trap 5. "Sha! Sha!" II. "Death and Destruction to the Foreigner!" 20 June--21 July 1900 6. A Failed Rescue 7. City of Mud and Fire 8. Behind the Tartar Wall 9. The Drifting Horror 10. The Darkest Night III. War and Watermelons: 21 July--14 August 1900 11. A Truce and a Triumph 12. The Half-Armistice 13. Horsemeat and Hope 14. In through the Sluice Gate IV. Murder, Rape, and Exile: Scenes from the Boxer Summer 15. "Tour of Inspection" 16. The Island of the Peitang 17. The Faith and Fate of the Missionaries 18. The Spoils of Peking V. Another Country? China in the Wake of the Boxer Rebellion 19. The Treaty 20. The Court Returns 21. . . . And the Foreigner Departs 22. The Boxer Legacy Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes and Sources Bibliography Art Credits Index
Synopsis
This acclaimed account of the Boxer Rebellion, by an Oxford-trained historian, is "an outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research" ( Booklist ). In the last years of the nineteenth century, the Western powers were bickering over how to slice up the pie of China, while the presence they had already established there was undermining the Chinese people's traditional ways. Then a new movement--mystical, militaristic, and virulently anti-Christian--began to spread like wildfire among the Chinese peasants. The contemptuous foreigners nicknamed them "the Boxers"--a snickering reference to their martial-arts routines--never imagining that the group, with the backing of China's Empress Dowager, would soon terrorize the world.... "With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston re-creates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago." --Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking
LC Classification Number
DS771.P73 2000a
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