The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900

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xxvii, [1], 436 pp. 8vo. In the final years of the 19th century, China was in grave danger of becoming a colony of the West. While various powers bickered over how to slice the pie , their very presence in China, like their new technologies and Christian missions, undermined the people's traditional ways. A strange, reactionary movement?mystical, nationalistic and virulently anti Christian?began to spread like wildfire among the Chinese peasants. The contemptuous foreigners, snickering at their martial-arts routines, nicknamed them "The Boxers." Few could imagine that the Boxers would receive backing from China's Empress Dowager, herself eager for a showdown with the foreigners, and would soon terrorize them and the world. Show more