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: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9789622019737
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; War & defence operations; 20th century; History; China - History - 20th Century; History - General History; Multicultural Nonfiction; China; Asia - China; Ethnic Studies - General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901; Wood-engraving, Chinese; Armed Forces; Mass media and the rebellion; Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912; War in art
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.