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پدید آورنده
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رده
BV3427.A45 T46 2009eb
BV3427
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A45
T46
2009eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0786453389
(Number (ISBN
9780786453382
Erroneous ISBN
0786440082
Erroneous ISBN
9780786440085
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b748718
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
heroism, hubris and the "ideal missionary" /
First Statement of Responsibility
Larry Clinton Thompson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Jefferson, N.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
McFarland & Co.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Prologue -- The fists of righteous harmony -- Will Ament in China -- Red-headed devils in Peking -- The semi-siege -- Admiral see-no-more -- The Empress Dowager -- The assassination of the baron -- In the British legation -- Herbert Hoover and Smedley Butler -- A tour of the defenses -- The Tartar wall -- The conquest of Tientsin -- The darkest days -- Life under siege -- Not massacred yet -- Marching to Peking -- Rescue -- Ament's palace -- The looting of Peking -- Mark Twain and Will Ament.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"In 1900 in China a movement known as the Boxers rose up and tried to destroy Western oppressors. This book focuses on American missionary William Scott Ament whose bravery and heroism was tarnished by hubris and looting. Readers may come to their own conclusions, this book provides history of the Boxer Rebellion and the siege of Peking"--Provided by publisher.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion.
International Standard Book Number
0786440082
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ament, William Scott,1851-1909.
Ament, William Scott,1851-1909.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Missionaries-- China, Biography.
Missions-- China.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Religious.
Missionaries.
Missions.
RELIGION-- Christian Ministry-- Missions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
China, Church history, 20th century.
China, History, Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
China.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
BIO-- 018000
REL-- 045000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
266
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0092
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BV3427
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A45
Book number
T46
2009eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Thompson, Larry Clinton,1941-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204084354.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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