The Boxer Catastrophe: Columbia Studies in the Social Sciences, No. 583

By Chester C. Tan and John Eugene Unterecker

Book Overview

The Boxer Catastrophe is a scholarly work by Chester C. Tan, published as part of the Columbia Studies in the Social Sciences series. The book explores the Boxer Rebellion, a violent anti-foreign and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1258182084
• ISBN13: 9781258182083
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

China's failed attempt to cleanse itself of foreign domination

This book is based on both Chinese and European sources. The causes of and aftermath of the Boxer movement should be studied by anyone trying to understand modern Chinese attitudes or trying to do business with China. Instead of being written off as famine-triggered rural discontent, Westerners need to understand that the Chinese reacted to a Western assault on the most fundamental aspects of their culture. A few decades after the Taiping Rebellion, the most devastating war in history, the Chinese again attempted to get rid of European colonial theft of territory and unfair trade practices. The Boxers began as an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist peasant-based movement in northern China. They attacked foreigners who were building railroads and violating Feng shui, as well as Christians, who were held responsible for the foreign domination of China. In June 1900, the Boxers invaded Beijing and killed 230 non-Chinese. Tens of thousands of Chinese Christians, Catholic and Protestant alike, as part of the uprising.