History in Three Keys by Paul Cohen
A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries.
The most adventurous writing on modern Chinese history currently availableHistory An extraordinary book. It is breathtaking, bold in concept, innovative in methodology, provocative at times, and eminently readable. -- Edmund S. K. Fung Asian Studies Review Cohen offers excellent insight into the idiosyncratics of the Boxer movement, including its ideas, origins, rituals, and development... Highly recommended. Library Journal
Paul A. Cohen is Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and History at Wellesley College and an associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University. His publications include the award-winning Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past (Columbia).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231106511 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231106513 |
| Title | History in Three Keys |
| Author | Paul Cohen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 1998-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 428 |
| Prizes | Winner of John K. Fairbank Prize, American Historical Association 1997 |
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