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

by Preston, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780425180846
• ISBN10: 0425180840
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Berkley

Summary

Relying on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the foreign defenders in the diplomatic district of Peking, and on her own extensive research from both Chinese and Western perspectives, Preston places readers squarely in the middle of events as they unfold during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.

Author Biography

Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. She is the author of The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the ’45 Rebellion and A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole.

Table of Contents

Prologue	ix
I. The Poison in the Well: China on the Eve of the Boxer Rebellion
A Thousand Deaths	3	(19)
Boxers and Devils	22	(11)
The Approaching Hour	33	(18)
Rats in a Trap	51	(15)
``Sha! Sha!''	66	(23)
II. ``Death and Destruction to the Foreigner!'' 20 June-21 July 1900
A Failed Rescue	89	(16)
City of Mud and Fire	105	(19)
Behind the Tartar Wall	124	(22)
The Drifting Horror	146	(19)
The Darkest Night	165	(12)
III. War and Watermelons: 21 July-14 August 1900
A Truce and a Triumph	177	(13)
The Half-Armistice	190	(23)
Horsemeat and Hope	213	(20)
In through the Sluice Gate	233	(20)
IV. Murder, Rape, and Exile: Scenes from the Boxer Summer
``Tour of Inspection''	253	(9)
The Island of the Peitang	262	(13)
The Faith and Fate of the Missionaries	275	(8)
The Spoils of Peking	283	(16)
V. Another Country? China in the Wake of the Boxer Rebellion
The Treaty	299	(13)
The Court Returns	312	(8)
.... And the Foreigner Departs	320	(15)
The Boxer Legacy	335	(18)
Epilogue	353	(8)
Acknowledgments	361	(2)
Notes and Sources	363	(39)
Bibliography	402	(7)
Art Credits	409	(1)
Index	410