Joseph Esherick's academic history of the Boxer movement's origins, reading the uprising through the social and ecological stresses of late nineteenth century Shandong province rather than through a continuous sectarian lineage, based on Chinese, missionary and diplomatic archival sources.
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PublisherUniversity of California Press 1 Publication Year Assessment
Reliability TierA standard academic history of the Boxer movement's origins, widely cited and reviewed in the field's major journals since its 1987 publication. Sources
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