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The Boxer Uprising
A Background Study

Dr Prucell examines the origin and development of the Boxer Uprising of 1900.

Victor Purcell (Author)

9780521148122, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 June 2010

364 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.53 kg

To many the Boxer Uprising of 1900 is a half-forgotten episode in the history of China's resistance to progress. Yet the Boxers are regarded by many as the founders of Chinese nationalism; for although the Uprising was a failure, it forced the government to realize that it must modernize the country and put it on an equal footing with the West. Dr Prucell based this 1963 study mainly on freshly published Chinese sources and he examined with detachment and fairness the origin and development of this important movement in Chinese history. By his use of Chinese sources Dr Purcell provides an insight into the nature of the country as well as the Boxer mentality. This work will be of value to historians of the Far East, to other modern historians and to everyone interested in the emergence of China.

Preface
Note
Abbreviation
1. The Manchu government and its armed forces
2. Chinese society during the late Ch'ing period
3. The impact of the West
4. The battle of the concessions
5. Reform and reaction
6. 'Anti-foreign' or 'anti-missionary'?
7. Sects and rebellions
8. The reappearance of the Boxers
9. 'Pro-dynastic' or 'anti-dynastic'? I
10. 'Pro-dynastic' or 'anti-dynastic'? II
11. Boxer beliefs and organization
12. Triumph and fiasco
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]

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