Some Did It for Civilisation; Some Did It for Their Country
Subtitle: A Revised View of the Boxer War
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9789629960667
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Warfare & Defence; Social Science; History; China; Wood-engraving, Chinese; Ethnic Issues; Multicultural Nonfiction; Journalism; Asia - General; Ethnic Studies - General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901; War in art; Armed Forces; Mass media and the rebellion; Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
First sentence: Overnight the drama of a Chinese peasant rebellion swept the news of the Boer War and the war in the Philippines from the front page headlines in Britain and America.