History in Three Keys
The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Published:16th Apr '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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
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.
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
- Winner of John K. Fairbank Prize, American Historical Association 1997
ISBN: 9780231106511
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428 pages