Beleaguered in Peking; the boxer's war against the foreigner

Robert Coltman

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• Beijing
• China

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 77
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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http://www.archive.org/details/beleagueredinpekOOcoltialaBELEAGUERED IN
PEKING
THE BOXER'S WAR
AGAINST THE FOREIGNER
BY
ROBERT COLTMAN, M.D.Jr.,
Professor of Surgery in Imperial University; Professor of Anatomy, the Imperial Tung Wen Kuan;
Surgeon, Maritime Customs; Surgeon, Imperial Chinese Railways.
Author of "The Chinese, Their Present and Future : Medical, Political, and Social."
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