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xx, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Studies in war, society, and the military |
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Studies in war, society, and the military
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-418) and index |
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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 13 -- The rhetoric of catastrophe -- Appendix 1: Defenders, contenders, and pretenders -- Appendix 2: Chinese weights and measures -- Appendix 3: Rebels, rogues, regents, and rascals |
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"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 |
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Zhang, Xianzhong, active 17th century
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Revolutionaries -- China -- Biography
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China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
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| Alt Title |
War, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition |
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