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of the 20th century from a detached perspective, the book is based on ten years of exhaustive research of both unpublished and published materials from all nine countries involved.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.
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'An impressive research accomplishment that adds an important new dimension to our understanding of this critical moment in modern Chinese history.' - China Quarterly
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On May 29, 1898, Prince Gong (1833-98) died after a lingering disease. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dethronement plot, banning decree, legation guards, internal decree, local viceroys, tripartite intervention, court censor, naval demonstration, suppression campaign, antiforeign movement, other legations, silver taels, foreign guards, secret sects, religious cases, international troops, corps diplomatique, imperial tutor, foreign warships, northern faction, foreign legations, foreign military intervention, banning order, pacification campaign, foreign diplomats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Empress Dowager, Sir Claude, Zongli Yamen, Prince Gong, Rong Lu, Manchu Court, Grand Councillor, Lord Salisbury, Dagu Forts, Baron Ketteler, General Nie, Yuan Shikai, Sanmen Bay, Missionary Coalition, United States, Far East, Emperor Guangxu, Prince Qng, Chinese Mandarins, Colonel Yang, Bishop Anzer, Big Knife Society, The Boxer Archives, Heir Presumptive, Zeng Guofan New!
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On May 29, 1898, Prince Gong (1833-98) died after a lingering disease. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dethronement plot, banning decree, legation guards, internal decree, local viceroys, tripartite intervention, court censor, naval demonstration, suppression campaign, antiforeign movement, other legations, silver taels, foreign guards, secret sects, religious cases, international troops, corps diplomatique, imperial tutor, foreign warships, northern faction, foreign legations, foreign military intervention, banning order, pacification campaign, foreign diplomats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Empress Dowager, Sir Claude, Zongli Yamen, Prince Gong, Rong Lu, Manchu Court, Grand Councillor, Lord Salisbury, Dagu Forts, Baron Ketteler, General Nie, Yuan Shikai, Sanmen Bay, Missionary Coalition, United States, Far East, Emperor Guangxu, Prince Qng, Chinese Mandarins, Colonel Yang, Bishop Anzer, Big Knife Society, The Boxer Archives, Heir Presumptive, Zeng Guofan New!
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- Morrison of Peking by Cyril Pearl on 7 pages
- The Boxer Uprising: A Background Study by H. D. Purcell in Front Matter, page 215, and Back Matter
- The Problem of Asia: Its Effect upon International Politics by Alfred Thayer Mahan on page 128, and Back Matter
- The Boxer Catastrophe by Chester C. Tan in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- St. Petersburg by Chronicle Books LLC Staff on page 240, and Back Matter
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- Globalization: A Short History by Jurgen Osterhammel in Back Matter
- The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Envoy in Peking (1900-06), Vol. 2 by Ian Ruxton in Back Matter
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