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Of camel kings and other things : rural rebels against modernity in late imperial China / Roxann Prazniak.

By: Series: State and society of East AsiaPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c1999.Description: xi, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0847690067 (cloth : acidfree paper)
  • 9780847690060 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0847690075 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780847690077 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Of camel kings and other things.DDC classification:
  • 951/.034 21
LOC classification:
  • HD1537.C5 P73 1999
Contents:
Introduction: Narratives of Resistance and Problems of Suppressed Histories -- 1. Anti-New Policy Rural Activism in Historical Context: Taiping and Boxer Preludes -- 2. Laiyang, Shandong: Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains -- Excerpt from Water Margin -- 3. Zunhua, Zhili: Camel King Wang at the Foot of the Great Wall -- Excerpt from The Romance of Three Kingdoms -- 4. Weiyuan, Sichuan: Heaven-Protected Liu Xiangting among the Red Lanterns -- Excerpt from Journey to the West -- 5. Lianzhou, Guangdong: The Greenwood/Tongmenghui Alliance -- 6. Chuansha, Jiangsu: Ding Fei and Her Vegetarian Sisterhood in Resistance to Reform -- Epilogue: A Place in the Twentieth Century.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HD1537.C5 P73 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00004277

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and index.

Introduction: Narratives of Resistance and Problems of Suppressed Histories -- 1. Anti-New Policy Rural Activism in Historical Context: Taiping and Boxer Preludes -- 2. Laiyang, Shandong: Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains -- Excerpt from Water Margin -- 3. Zunhua, Zhili: Camel King Wang at the Foot of the Great Wall -- Excerpt from The Romance of Three Kingdoms -- 4. Weiyuan, Sichuan: Heaven-Protected Liu Xiangting among the Red Lanterns -- Excerpt from Journey to the West -- 5. Lianzhou, Guangdong: The Greenwood/Tongmenghui Alliance -- 6. Chuansha, Jiangsu: Ding Fei and Her Vegetarian Sisterhood in Resistance to Reform -- Epilogue: A Place in the Twentieth Century.

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