Franciscans and the Boxer uprising in ShanxiClark, Anthony E.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.wauSeattle and LondonUniversity of Washington Press20141st edition.monographiceng1 online resourceOne 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 beliefs on both sides of the conflict and shows how they came to clash.Chronology of Franciscans in China -- Map of Shanxi -- Prologue: war of the immortals -- The drought and the heavenly battle -- Taiyuan, from mission to diocese -- Boxers and local gods -- Catholics and foreign gods -- The deluge and the earthly battle -- Red lantern women and Franciscan sisters -- Friars, magistrates, and the fists of righteous harmony -- Revenge and reconstruction.Anthony E. Clark.Includes bibliographical references and index.a-cc---FranciscansChinaHistory20th centuryFranciscansChinaHistory19th centuryFranciscans.Boxer Rebellion (China : 1899-1901)ChinaHistoryBoxer Rebellion, 1899-1901HISTORYAsiaChinaChinaHISTORY / Asia / China 1800-1999 fast BX3646.C5 C53 2014951/.035Clark, Anthony E.Seattle and London : University of Washington Press, 20141st edition.(DLC) 20140075259780295805405029580540422573/ctvct307r JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=934536http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=934536http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=934536http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=934536P@U14090220200709060313.0ocn902828614eng