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Title

Empire and identity in Guizhou : local resistance to Qing expansion / Jodi L. Weinstein ; foreword by Stevan Harrell.

Author

Weinstein, Jodi L.

Publication

• Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]
• ©2014

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Description

xiii, 217 pages : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

• "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 L. Weinstein shows how these seemingly subordinate populations challenged state power. Jodi L. Weinstein teaches history at The College of New Jersey"--
• "Empire and Identity in Guizhou is a study of stormy ethnic relations in eighteenth-century Guizhou Province between the Qing state and the Zhongjia ethnic group, which culminated in the Nanlong Uprising in 1797. As the imperial state extended its control into frontier areas such as Mongolia, Tibet, and the southwest, it encountered difficulty incorporating non-Han people into the empire. The Zhongjia in particular were difficult to control, because the state could not employ religion as a political tool, as it did with ethnic minorities who were Buddhist; nor were literary tactics useful with the nonliterate Zhongjia. Weinstein shows how the Zhongjia maintained autonomy through livelihood choices, and how their "creative resistance" ranged from subterfuge to outright rebellion. This engagingly written and dramatic case study demonstrates how the Qing empire really worked and contributes toward a broader understanding of imperialism and colonialism"--

Series Statement

Studies on ethnic groups in China

Uniform Title

Studies on ethnic groups in China.

Alternative Title

Local resistance to Qing expansion

Subjects

• Guizhou Sheng (China) > Ethnic relations > History > 18th century
• Bouyei (Chinese people) > China > Guizhou Sheng > History > 18th century
• China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.

Contents

Guizhou and the livelihoods approach to Zhongjia history -- Natural, human, and historical landscapes -- The consolidation of Qing rule -- Livelihood choices in the mid-eighteenth century -- The Nanlong uprising of 1797 -- A legacy of fragile hegemony.

Call Number

JFE 13-8596

ISBN

• 9780295993263 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 029599326X (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9780295993270 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0295993278 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013020635

OCLC

852031173

Author

Weinstein, Jodi L.

Title

Empire and identity in Guizhou : local resistance to Qing expansion / Jodi L. Weinstein ; foreword by Stevan Harrell.

Publisher

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies on ethnic groups in China

Studies on ethnic groups in China.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 13-8596