On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
by
Swope, Kenneth, 1969- author.
Title
:
On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
War, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
Studies in war, society, and the military
Studies in war, society, and the military.
Author
:
Swope, Kenneth, 1969- author.
ISBN
:
9780803249950
Personal Author
:
Swope, Kenneth, 1969- author.
Publication Information
:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Physical Description
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xx, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cm.
Series
:
Studies in war, society, and the military
Studies in war, society, and the military.
Contents
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Chronology of the Ming-Qing transition -- Zhang Xianzhong and the Ming-Qing transition -- The rise of the yellow tiger -- Establishing the Great Western Kingdom -- Looting heaven's storehouse -- Erasing the shame of banditry -- Allying with the Ming -- A house divided -- The annihilation of the Kuidong -- The rhetoric of catastrophe -- Appendix 1: Defenders, contenders, and pretenders -- Appendix 2: Chinese weights and measures -- Appendix 3: Rebels, rogues, regents, and rascals.
Abstract
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"Examination of the social and demographic effects of the Ming-Qing transition on southwest China and the devastation wrought by the warlord Zhang Xianzhong"--Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject
:
Zhang, Xianzhong, active 17th century.
Subject Term
:
Revolutionaries -- China -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 17th Century.
Revolutionaries.
Geographic Term
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China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
China.
Electronic Access
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Genre
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Biographies.
History.
Portion Title
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War, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 11004300 DS753.6.Z454 S95 yh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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| NPM Library | DS753.6.Z454 S95 2018 | 11004300 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |