| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 429 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in war, society, and the military
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Studies in war, society, and the military.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Zhang, Xianzhong, active 17th century.
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Zhang, Xianzhong, active 17th century. |
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Revolutionaries -- China -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries. |
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China. |
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China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
1368-1644 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
War, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Swope, Kenneth, 1969- On the trail of the yellow tiger. Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2017] 9780803249950 (DLC) 2017030474 |
| ISBN |
9781496206268 (electronic book) |
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1496206266 (electronic book) |
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9781496206244 |
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149620624X |
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9781496206251 |
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1496206258 |
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9780803249950 (hardcover) |
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