What is it about?
Clark tells the little-known story of the Franciscan missionaries in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Shanxi, with his focus on the Boxer violence of 1900.
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Clark offers a fascinating comparison of Boxer and Catholic motivations surrounding the 1900 violence. His use of diaries and letters, especially those from the women who served in the mission, lends a powerful and personal aspect to his account.
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This page is a summary of: Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi. Anthony E. Clark. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2014. xx + 219 pp. $50.00. ISBN 978-029599400-0, The China Quarterly, December 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0305741015001484.
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