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The Boxer rebellion; a political and diplomatic review

The Boxer rebellion; a political and diplomatic review

H. Clements, Paul

Paperback

Chinese HistoryGeneral Military HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 9353703778
ISBN13: 9789353703776
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Beijing, 1900: panic behind the city walls, gunboats on the rivers, diplomats trapped and empires calculating. A crisis that remade China. In The Boxer rebellion; a political and diplomatic review, Paul H. Clements offers a crisp diplomatic history study of the Beijing 1900 uprising, tracing the Boxer rebellion origins through court intrigue, missionary tension, and the hard arithmetic of power. This political history analysis keeps its focus where it matters: the foreign legations siege and the choices that drew the Eight Nation Alliance into armed intervention. Written as a scholarly history monograph, it reads with the urgency of eyewitness-era reporting, yet organises events into an intelligible map of motives, missteps, and consequences. For readers weighing imperialism in China and its aftershocks, Clements provides the connective tissue between policy rooms and street violence in late Qing China. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As an Asian history reference guide and reliable modern China course reading, it captures how diplomacy, nationalism, and international rivalry collided at a turning point in world affairs. It also reflects how contemporaries understood treaty ports, indemnities, and the limits of gunboat diplomacy, making it historically significant today. Whether you want a complete boxer rebellion history for serious study or a compelling window into the making of modern East Asia, this is a classic account worth keeping on the shelf.

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