Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Maps xiv
6. 1. Guizhou and the Livelihoods Approach to Zhongjia History 1
7. 2. Natural, Human, and Historical Landscapes 11
8. 3. The Consolidation of Qing Rule 37
9. 4. Livelihood Choices in the Mid-Eighteenth Century 59
10. 5. The Nanlong Uprising of 1797 83
11. 6. A Legacy of Fragile Hegemony 119
12. Notes 135
13. Chinese Glossary 179
14. Bibliography 185
15. Index 201