History in Three Keys - The Boxers As Event, Experience, and Myth

List of contents

List of Illustrations Preface AcknowledgmentsPART I. THE BOXERS AS EVENTPrologue: The Historically Reconstructed Past 1. The Boxer Uprising: A Narrative HistoryPART 2: THE BOXERS AS EXPERIENCEPrologue: The Experience Past 2. Drought and the Foreign Presence 3. Mass Spirit Possession 4. Magic and Female Pollution 5. Rumor and Rumor Panic 6. DeathPART 3: THE BOXERS AS MYTHPrologue: The Mythologized Past 7. The New Culture Movement and the Boxers 8. Anti-Imperialism and the Recasting of the Boxer Myth 9. The Cultural Revolution and the BoxersConclusion Abbreciations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Paul A. Cohen

Summary

A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Cohen, Paul (HARVARD UNIVERSITY) Cohen, Paul A. Cohen, Paul A. Townsend
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.1997
• EAN: 9780231106504
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10650-4
• No. of pages: 428
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity