The Boxer Rebellion
Subtitle: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900.
Publisher: Walker & Company
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780802713612
Subjects: World history: from c 1900 -; c 1900 - c 1914; History: World; China - History; Rebellion And Insurgency; History - Military / War; China; Military - Other; Asia - China; History / China; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901; History
First sentence: TURN-of-the-century Peking (Beijing) was the world's filthiest city-or so foreigners thought.
Description: "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.