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Record Nr.

UNISA996248099303316

Autore

Esherick Joseph

Titolo

The origins of the Boxer Uprising / / Joseph W. Esherick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1987

ISBN

0-585-10431-X

0-520-90896-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 451 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

951/.03

Soggetti

East Asia

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

China History Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 421-440) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Shandong: Where It All Began -- 2. Sects, Boxers, and Popular Culture -- 3. Imperialism, for Christ's Sake -- 4. The Big Sword Society -- 5. The Juye Incident -- 6. Guan County, 1898: The Emergence of the "Boxers United in Righteousness" -- 7. The Gathering Storm -- 8. The Spirit Boxers -- 9. The Inevitable Clash -- 10. Prairie Fire -- Epilogue: Beyond the Idol of Origins -- Appendix: The Mid-Qing Yi-he Boxers and the White Lotus -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Glossary of Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.