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On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
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
Publication Information:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
xx, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cm.
Series:
Studies in war, society, and the military

Studies in war, society, and the military.
Contents:
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:
"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.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 11004300 DS753.6.Z454 S95 yh
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