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A Frontier Made Lawless
Violence in Upland Southwest China, 1800-1956
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Joseph Lawson
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English
Published/Copyright:
2017
About this book
In the first Western language history of Liangshan, Joseph Lawson argues that the region was not inherently violent but made violent by turmoil elsewhere in China.
In the first Western language history of Liangshan, Joseph Lawson argues that the region was not inherently violent but made violent by turmoil elsewhere in China.
Author / Editor information
Joseph Lawson is a lecturer in Chinese history at Newcastle University. He is the editor and translator of Mao Haijian’s The Qing Empire and the Opium War.
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Stevan Harrell, professor of anthropology, University of Washington:
A Frontier Made Lawless is the first history in English of Liangshan, but its reach is wider: it is an important case study of violence in the process of colonial expansion by a non-European power.
A Frontier Made Lawless is the first history in English of Liangshan, but its reach is wider: it is an important case study of violence in the process of colonial expansion by a non-European power.
Hsiao-ting Lin, research fellow and curator, East Asia Collection, Hoover Institution:
Joseph Lawson’s exhaustive research into pre-1949 literature and archival documents challenges established views on the root causes of ethnic violence in China’s frontier society. He convincingly argues that warfare in modern China – notably the Taiping Rebellion, the interprovincial battles in the early Republican Chinese period, and the Sino-Japanese war in the 1930s and the 1940s – led to violence in Liangshan. A Frontier Made Lawless is sure to stimulate discussion and prompt further study.
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
August 28, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9780774833714
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
288
Other:
4 b&w photos, 4 tables, 2 maps
eBook ISBN:
9780774833714
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
