Empire and Identity in Guizhou Local Resistance to Qing Expansion |
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| Author:
| Weinstein, Jodi L. |
| Series title: | Studies on Ethnic Groups in China Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-295-99326-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804811This historical investigation describes the Qing imperial authorities' attempts to consolidate control over the Zhongjia, a non-Han population, in eighteenth-century Guizhou, a poor, remote, and environmentally harsh province in Southwest China. Far from submitting peaceably to the state's quest for hegemony, the locals clung steadfastly to livelihood choices--chiefly illegal activities such as robbery, raiding, and banditry--that had...
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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804811This historical investigation describes the Qing imperial authorities' attempts to consolidate control over the Zhongjia, a non-Han population, in eighteenth-century Guizhou, a poor, remote, and environmentally harsh province in Southwest China. Far from submitting peaceably to the state's quest for hegemony, the locals clung steadfastly to livelihood choices--chiefly illegal activities such as robbery, raiding, and banditry--that had played an integral role in their cultural and economic survival. Using archival materials, indigenous folk narratives, and ethnographic research, Jodi Weinstein shows how these seemingly subordinate populations challenged state power.