William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion: Heroism, Hubris and the Ideal Missionary
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In 1900 in China a peasant movement known as the Boxers rose up and tried to destroy its Western oppressors. The culminating event of the Boxer Rebellion was the siege of the Western legations in Peking. In isolated Peking, a horde of brightly dressed, acrobatic, anti-Western and anti-Christian Boxers surrounded the fortified diplomatic legation compound, and rumors about the torture and murder of 900 Western diplomats, soldiers, and missionaries...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0786440082
ISBN13:9780786440085
Release Date:February 2009
Publisher:McFarland & Company
Length:252 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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