History in Three Keys

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Summary

A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
The Boxers as Event
Prologue: The Historically Reconstructed Past	p. 3
The Boxer Uprising: A Narrative History	p. 14
The Boxers as Experience
Prologue: The Experienced Past	p. 59
Drought and the Foreign Presence	p. 69
Mass Spirit Possession	p. 96
Magic and Female Pollution	p. 119
Rumor and Rumor Panic	p. 146
Death	p. 173
The Boxers as Myth
Prologue: The Mythologized Past	p. 211
The New Culture Movement and the Boxers	p. 223
Anti-Imperialism and the Recasting of the Boxer Myth	p. 238
The Cultural Revolution and the Boxers	p. 261
Conclusion	p. 289
Abbreviations	p. 299
Notes	p. 301
Glossary	p. 375
Bibliography	p. 383
Index	p. 415
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