The Origins of the Boxer Uprising
"A superbly researched book. . . . Not only do we get the  Chinese (and  Boxer) side of the story for the first time, we also get a much more  complex  view of the relations between the foreign powers, the missionaries and  the  Chinese court during the last years of the 19th century."  --Prasenjit  Duara,  International History Review"Joseph Esherick has succeeded . . . in both describing and  analyzing  the Boxer movement in a much more complete and satisfactory manner than  anyone  else."  --David D. Buck, The Historian"With this outstanding volume, Joseph Esherick has repaired one  of the  most glaring omissions in the scholarly canon. . . . [A] solid and  provocative  inquiry into this critically important event."  --William T. Rowe, Journal  of  Asian History