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Insurgency and Social Disorder in Guizhou : The "Miao" Rebellion, 1854–1873 / Robert D. Jenks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1994]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824863005
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951/.03 20
LOC classification:
  • DS731.M5 J46 1994eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Backdrop for the “Miao” Rebellion -- 2. The Setting -- 3. The Ethnic Dimension and Rebel Motivations -- 4. Unrest in Guizhou during the Ming and Qing and Its Relation to Folk Religion -- 5. The Beginning of the Rebellion -- 6. The Spread of the Rebellion -- 7. Decline and Aftermath -- 8. The Costs and Nature of the “Miao” Rebellion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In this first English-language examination of the uprisings that took place in Guizhou during the 1850s and 1860s, Robert Jenks not only provides readers with a reconstruction of the complex series of events that made up the rebellion but argues convincingly against its accepted characterization as a purely ethnic conflict-a "Miao" rebellion.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Backdrop for the “Miao” Rebellion -- 2. The Setting -- 3. The Ethnic Dimension and Rebel Motivations -- 4. Unrest in Guizhou during the Ming and Qing and Its Relation to Folk Religion -- 5. The Beginning of the Rebellion -- 6. The Spread of the Rebellion -- 7. Decline and Aftermath -- 8. The Costs and Nature of the “Miao” Rebellion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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In this first English-language examination of the uprisings that took place in Guizhou during the 1850s and 1860s, Robert Jenks not only provides readers with a reconstruction of the complex series of events that made up the rebellion but argues convincingly against its accepted characterization as a purely ethnic conflict-a "Miao" rebellion.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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