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william scott ament and the boxer rebellion heroism hubris and the ideal missionary
in 1900 in china a peasant movement known as the boxers rose up and tried to destroy its western oppressors . the culminating event of the boxer rebellion was the siege of the western legations in peking . in isolated peking a horde of brightly dressed acrobatic anti western and anti christian boxers surrounded the fortified diplomatic legation compound and rumors about the torture and murder of 900 western diplomats soldiers and missionaries swirled throughout the foreign media . p scholars agree that animosity toward christian missionaries was a major cause of the boxer rebellion but most accounts neglect the missionaries and emphasize instead the diplomats and soldiers who weathered the siege and defeated the chinese in battle . this book gives equivalent attention to the missionaries their work the impact they had on china and the controversies arising in the aftermath of the boxer rebellion . it focuses particularly on one of the most distinguished american missionaries william scott ament whose brave and resourceful heroism was tarnished by hubris and looting .
paperback mcfarland & co inc pub 2009 isbn13 9780786440085 isbn10 0786440082
book type nf isbn 13 9780786440085 number of pages 242 publisher mcfarland & co inc pub release date 62135769600000