China Journal 1889-1900: An American Missionary Family During the Boxer Rebellion: With the Letters and Diaries of Eva Jane Price and Her Famil

This journal documents the tenure of the Price family in China between 1889 and 1900. Missionaries from the U.S., they are caught up in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, and do not survive it. Eva Jane Price's journal and letters--with other family members writings also included--fully reflect the ambience of western missionary life in China in the late 19th century. As an appendix, there is an account by a Chinese friend of the Prices murder at the hands of the Boxers. But there is much journal and letter writing prior to this. The attitudes of the missionaries towards the Chinese is revealed in this book, and they aren't altogether positive. Yet, overall, misdeeds are abundant for both host and guests. In the end, self-serving political forces in the Forbidden City capitalize on the missionaries unpopularity via mindless thugs. These sorry individuals have come to be known historically as the "Boxers", hence the Boxer Rebellion. This is a unique historical document, and I learned much about this era.