Empire and Identity in Guizhou. Jodi L. Weinstein
Историческая литература. Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
Empire and Identity in Guizhou
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780295804811
Автор произведения Jodi L. Weinstein
Серия Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
Издательство Ingram
This historical investigation describes the Qing imperial authorities� attempts to consolidate control over the Zhongjia, a non-Han population, in eighteenth-century Guizhou, a poor, remote, and environmentally harsh province in Southwest China. Far from submitting peaceably to the state�s quest for hegemony, the locals clung steadfastly to livelihood choices�chiefly illegal activities such as robbery, raiding, and banditry�that had played an integral role in their cultural and economic survival. Using archival materials, indigenous folk narratives, and ethnographic research, Jodi Weinstein shows how these seemingly subordinate populations challenged state power.