Brotherhoods and secret societies in early and mid-Qing China : the formation of a tradition / David Ownby.
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- Author/Creator:
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- xii, 235 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of " secret society." The author suggests that the secret society is properly understood as one variety of the " brotherhood association, " a category that encompasses a range of popular fraternal organizations that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804726515
- OCLC:
- 32854184
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