{"product_id":"boxer-rebellion-the-dramatic-story-of-chinas-war-on-foreigners-that-shook-the-world-in-the-summer-of-1900-paperback","title":"Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Preston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis acclaimed account of the Boxer Rebellion, by an Oxford-trained historian, is \"an outstanding popular history that also passes muster as first-rate historical research\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the last years of the nineteenth century, the Western powers were bickering over how to slice up the pie of China, while the presence they had already established there was undermining the Chinese people's traditional ways. Then a new movement--mystical, militaristic, and virulently anti-Christian--began to spread like wildfire among the Chinese peasants. The contemptuous foreigners nicknamed them \"the Boxers\"--a snickering reference to their martial-arts routines--never imagining that the group, with the backing of China's Empress Dowager, would soon terrorize the world.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston re-creates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago.\" --Iris Chang, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Nanking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Preston\u003c\/b\u003e is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London, England. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the '45 Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.08 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45341388800102,"sku":"9780425180846","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S1I1MEpHSzgvTWU1THQ4VVFzdGdjQT09.webp?v=1774835378","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/boxer-rebellion-the-dramatic-story-of-chinas-war-on-foreigners-that-shook-the-world-in-the-summer-of-1900-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}