Insurgency and Social Disorder in Guizhou: The Miao Rebellion, 1854-1873 (Revealing Antiquity; 7) - Hardcover

Jenks, Robert D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824815890 ISBN 13: 9780824815899

Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press, 1994

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Book by Jenks Robert Darrah

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Textbooks and general histories of modern China agree that the so-called Miao rebellion constituted one of the major rebellions of the nineteenth century. It lasted for twenty years, caused devastation of such severity that its effects were still obvious to travelers in Guizhou province decades later, and, by one account, resulted in the deaths of more than four million people.
In an impressive presentation of material drawn from local histories, private writings, and official documents, Jenks argues that the Qing government sought to lay the blame for the turmoil squarely on an ethnic minority it regarded as obstreperous and inferior.
As well as altering perceptions of the rebellion, Insurgency and Social Disorder in Guizhou enhances our understanding of the causes of the rebellion and its place in the crises that beset mid-nineteenth-century China. It contributes to the sociology of rebellion and peasant movements and is a valuable supplement to current anthropological work on Chinese minorities. Its treatment of Qing attitudes toward the Miao has implications for minority policies in the Peoples Republic of China today.

Biografía del autor:

Robert D. Jenks directs the research and analysis program of the 4th PSYOP Group (Abn) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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• Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0824815890
• ISBN 13: 9780824815899
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240