Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early and Mid-Qing China The Formation of a Tradition |
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| Author:
| Ownby, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-2651-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of "secret society." The author suggests that the secret society is properly understood as one variety of the "brotherhood association," a category that encompasses a range of popular fraternal organizations that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period.
This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of "secret society." The author suggests that the secret society is properly understood as one variety of the "brotherhood association," a category that encompasses a range of popular fraternal organizations that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period.