4 Law in a Lawless Land: Liangshan, 1911–37

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Note on Transliteration ix
5. Weights and Measures xi
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. Introduction 3
8. Conflict over Land in the Longue Durée 29
9. Violence and the Structures of Power in the Qing Empire, 1800–1911 62
10. Growing Poppies, Firearms, and Populations: Expansion and Consequences of Trade 88
11. Law in a Lawless Land: Liangshan, 1911–37 110
12. The Prisoners of Liangshan: Captivity and Alterity 133
13. The Nationalist Party in Liangshan, 1937–49 158
14. Coda: The Communist Takeover and Liangshan in World History 179
15. Notes 191
16. Glossary 229
17. Bibliography 236
18. Index 252
19. Contemporary Chinese Studies 263