Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804811
This 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.
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Jodi L. Weinstein teaches history at The College of New Jersey.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9780295804811 ● File size 1.6 MB ● Publisher University of Washington Press ● City Seattle ● Country US ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4852545 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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