Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.

This volume contains a number of articles on modern Chinese history and historiography written by one of the leading academic experts on the subject. The author

Part Two explores the thought, feelings, and behavior of the direct participants in the Boxer experience, individuals who, without a preconceived idea of the en

The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex 5th-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during the 20th century, but remains littl

Contains primary source material.