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On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition / Kenneth M. Swope.
Van Pelt Library DS753.6.Z454 S95 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swope, Kenneth, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Studies in war, society, and the military
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zhang, Xianzhong, active 17th century.
- Zhang, Xianzhong.
- Revolutionaries--China--Biography.
- Revolutionaries.
- China.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 429 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- War, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Swope, Kenneth, 1969- On the trail of the yellow tiger.
- ISBN:
- 9780803249950
- 0803249950
- OCLC:
- 1009183213
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