The most adventurous writing on modern Chinese history currently available. History An extraordinary book. It is breathtaking, bold in concept, innovative in methodology, provocative at times, and eminently readable. -- Edmund S. K. Fung Asian Studies Review Cohen offers excellent insight into the idiosyncratics of the Boxer movement, including its ideas, origins, rituals, and development... Highly recommended. Library Journal
A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries.
A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries.
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I. The Boxers as Event Prologue: The Historically Reconstructed Past 1. The Boxer Uprising: A Narrative History Part 2: The Boxers as Experience Prologue: The Experience Past 2. Drought and the Foreign Presence 3. Mass Spirit Possession 4. Magic and Female Pollution 5. Rumor and Rumor Panic 6. Death Part 3: The Boxers as Myth Prologue: The Mythologized Past 7. The New Culture Movement and the Boxers 8. Anti-Imperialism and the Recasting of the Boxer Myth 9. The Cultural Revolution and the Boxers Conclusion Abbreciations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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The most adventurous writing on modern Chinese history currently available. History An extraordinary book. It is breathtaking, bold in concept, innovative in methodology, provocative at times, and eminently readable. -- Edmund S. K. Fung Asian Studies Review Cohen offers excellent insight into the idiosyncratics of the Boxer movement, including its ideas, origins, rituals, and development... Highly recommended. Library Journal
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Cohen pares the overlays of historical accounts of the Boxers down to their constituent parts as myth and lived experience. The book is eminently readable, ideally suited both to the general reader and to the college teacher seeking to deepen students'understanding of the currents in modern Chinese history. -- Jonathan Spence, Yale University
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780231106511
Publisert
1998-03-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Columbia University Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
428
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