{"product_id":"boxer-rebellion-isbn-9780425180846","title":"Boxer Rebellion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis acclaimed account of the Boxer Rebellion, by an Oxford-trained historian, is “an outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the last years of the nineteenth century, the Western powers were bickering over how to slice up the pie of China, while the presence they had already established there was undermining the Chinese people’s traditional ways. Then a new movement—mystical, militaristic, and virulently anti-Christian—began to spread like wildfire among the Chinese peasants. The contemptuous foreigners nicknamed them “the Boxers”—a snickering reference to their martial-arts routines—never imagining that the group, with the backing of China’s Empress Dowager, would soon terrorize the world....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston re-creates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago.” —Iris Chang, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Nanking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Boxer RebellionPrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. The Poison in the Well:\u003cbr\u003eChina on the Eve of the Boxer Rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A Thousand Deaths\u003cbr\u003e2. Boxers and Devils\u003cbr\u003e3. The Approaching Hour\u003cbr\u003e4. Rats in a Trap\u003cbr\u003e5. \"Sha! Sha!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. \"Death and Destruction to the Foreigner!\"\u003cbr\u003e20 June—21 July 1900\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. A Failed Rescue\u003cbr\u003e7. City of Mud and Fire\u003cbr\u003e8. Behind the Tartar Wall\u003cbr\u003e9. The Drifting Horror\u003cbr\u003e10. The Darkest Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. War and Watermelons: 21 July—14 August 1900\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. A Truce and a Triumph\u003cbr\u003e12. The Half-Armistice\u003cbr\u003e13. Horsemeat and Hope\u003cbr\u003e14. In through the Sluice Gate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Murder, Rape, and Exile:\u003cbr\u003eScenes from the Boxer Summer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. \"Tour of Inspection\"\u003cbr\u003e16. The Island of the Peitang\u003cbr\u003e17. The Faith and Fate of the Missionaries\u003cbr\u003e18. The Spoils of Peking\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Another Country?\u003cbr\u003eChina in the Wake of the Boxer Rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. The Treaty\u003cbr\u003e20. The Court Returns\u003cbr\u003e21. . . . And the Foreigner Departs\u003cbr\u003e22. The Boxer Legacy\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes and Sources\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eArt Credits\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“Enthralling.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston recreates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago.”—Iris Chang, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Nanking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“An outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Fascinating…penned with an obvious addiction to the delicious little details of history: whimsical, outrageous and macabre.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A dramatic narrative that can be read on the beach or in the classroom…well-researched and lavishly descriptive accounts.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Highly readable history.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Compelling…Briskly paced and carefully researched, its drama is replete with curious characters.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A nail-biting example of narrative history at its best…Preston knows precisely which colorful details will spice up this masterful mix of history, gossip, crystal-clear military strategy and ironic observations about colonial and imperial politiciking—and she keeps the pot at an irresistibly lively boil throughout.”—Salon.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Diana Preston’s dramatic retelling of the summer-long siege of the Peking foreign district 100 years ago—‘a pivotal episode in China’s fractured relationship with the West’—does much to clarify China’s enduring resentment toward foreign interference…Preston’s account, compiled from the many letters, diaries, and memoirs by European survivors of the siege, captures an odd strain of mordant humor.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A colorful and well-presented treatment of a crucial turning point in history.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Well-researched and well-told…brings to light the details of this obscure yet culturally significant event. Her stirring account, culled from the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the foreign survivors, shows exactly what it was like after June 20, 1900, when the Boxers and regular Chinese soldiers laid siege to foreign embassies…The vivid eyewitness accounts place the reader in the middle of events. And by shedding light on this important episode in past China-West relations, Preston goes a long way in explaining China’s current suspicious attitude toward the world.”—\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Preston\u003c\/b\u003e is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. 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