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William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion
- Heroism, Hubris and the "Ideal Missionary"
Engelsk Paperback
William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion
- Heroism, Hubris and the "Ideal Missionary"
Engelsk Paperback

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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 swirled throughout the foreign media.

Scholars agree that animosity toward Christian missionaries was a major cause of the Boxer Rebellion, but most accounts neglect the missionaries and emphasize instead the diplomats and soldiers who weathered the siege and defeated the Chinese in battle. This book gives equivalent attention to the missionaries, their work, the impact they had on China, and the controversies arising in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion. It focuses particularly on one of the most distinguished American missionaries, William Scott Ament, whose brave and resourceful heroism was tarnished by hubris and looting.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9780786440085
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786440082
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Udg. Dato:
5 feb 2009
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
178mm
Højde:
254mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
5 feb 2009
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