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The Fists of Righteous Harmony: A History of the Boxer Uprising in China in the Year 1900

Name: The Fists of Righteous Harmony: A History of the Boxer Uprising in China in the Year 1900
ISBN: 9781473814288

By
- Henry Keown-Boyd
Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military

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Language: English
Format
Category: History

A British historian recounts the armed, violent Chinese insurrection near the end of the Qing dynasty at the dawn of the 20th century.

The Boxers were a fanatical secret organization who were incited by anti-foreign elements in the Chinese Government to commit wide-scale deportations against foreign missionaries and their Chinese converts. The Boxers had the tacit support of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi who maintained all the while that they were beyond her control. The Boxer Rebellion came to a head with the 55-day siege of the Peking Legations and ended in total humiliation for the Chinese.

Release date

Ebook: 19 March 1991