{"product_id":"heaven-in-conflict-9780295994017","title":"Heaven in Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A significant and superb contribution to modern Chinese history as well as to Catholic Mission history, and should trends in the academic profession break in the right way . . . it could become something of a trailblazer in a new and necessary mode of spirit-informed history-writing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Eric Cunningham * The Catholic World Report *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] welcome addition to what one hopes will become a growing scholarly discussion on the development of Christianity in Shanxi. . . . The author delivers his account in an easy, empathetic style, reflecting the autobiographical nature of the more unique archival material he has explored. . . . Helps the reader to move beyond simplistic understandings of the actors as Chinese savages and\/or Western barbarians.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrew T. Kaiser * The China Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] fine addition to the literature on Catholic missions and the Boxer catastrophe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ernest P. Young * Catholic Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clark does good work here, work underpinned by a remarkable collection of archival sources drawn from the United States, China, and the Vatican. He treats the sources with careful skepticism and uses them to piece together a compelling story of both the Franciscans and the Boxers. Clark argues convincingly that the two groups were consciously engaged in spiritual warfare, albeit with different methods and different goals. . . . This is a useful book for scholars interested in the Boxer Uprising, in Chinese society of the late nineteenth century, and in the ground-level experience of popular uprisings everywhere.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dave Sibley * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] unique approach to very different questions, ones in which the uprising itself often appears as a backdrop, rather than the main narrative. . . . Rather than narrowly focusing on the Boxer violence, this book presents a world in which such events were only one of many concerns.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Thomas David DuBois * Nan Nu *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHeaven in Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e provides a vivid and at times moving account of one of the most horrific events during the Boxer Uprising. . . . \u003ci\u003eHeaven in Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e enhances our understanding of modern Chinese social history through its emphasis on human experience. . . . Clark also deserves credit for his thoughtful use of participant and victim accounts, including autobiographical writings and letters.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul R. Katz * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A historian of Christianity in China, Clark takes readers back to one of the most catastrophic episodes of the Boxer uprising: the Taiyuan massacre. He dissects the violence and the resistance to examine the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides. . . . Women, both the Franciscan sisters and their counterparts, the local Red Lanterns, are an integral part of the story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ji Li * Twentieth-Century China *","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400928371031,"sku":"9780295994017","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heaven-in-conflict-9780295994017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}