"In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multidisciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is now known as the Boxer War, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperi…
In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multi-disciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is now known as the Boxer war, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperi…
Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford
In April 1895, Oscar Wilde stood in the prisoner's dock of the Old Bailey, charged with "acts of gross indecency with another male person. These filthy practices, the prosecutor declared, posed a deadly threat to English society, "a sore which cannot fail in time to corrupt and …
Japan's Imperial Army: its rise and fall, 1853-1945
Prelude to imperial restoration -- Civil war and the new army -- Dealing with the samurai -- The Army of Meiji -- To Asia: the Sino-Japanese War -- Back to the continent: the Russo-Japanese War -- Institutionalizing national military strategy -- Short war or total war? -- Conspi…
