Heaven in conflict : Franciscans and the Boxer uprising in Shanxi /

One of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This first sustained scholarly account of the uprising to focus on Shanxi Province illuminates the religious and cultural...

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Main Author: Clark, Anthony E.
Format: Book
Language:Multiple
Created: Seattle and London : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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