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Examines the craft of historiography against the backdrop of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900. The text juxtaposes the account of historians with those of the participants and witnesses and sets these perspectives against the range of popular myths about the Boxers.

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柯文,美国卫斯理学院亚洲研究教授,著有《中国与基督教：教会活动与中国排外情绪的增长》、《在传统与现代性之间：王韬与晚清改革》等。