Imperial Bandits - Outlaws and Rebels in the China-Vietnam Borderlands (Hardcover)

The Black Flags raided their way from southern China into northern Vietnam, competing during the second half of the nineteenth century against other armed migrants and uplands communities for the control of commerce, specifically opium, and natural resources, such as copper. At the edges of three empires (the Qing empire in China, the Vietnamese empire governed by the Nguyen dynasty, and, eventually, French Colonial Vietnam), the Black Flags and their rivals sustained networks of power and dominance through the framework of political regimes. This lively history demonstrates the plasticity of borderlines, the limits of imposed boundaries, and the flexible division between apolitical banditry and political rebellion in the borderlands of China and Vietnam. Imperial Bandits contributes to the ongoing reassessment of borderland areas as frontiers for state expansion, showing that, as a setting for many forms of human activity, borderlands continue to exist well after the establishment of formal boundaries.

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
Release date:	2017
Authors:	Bradley Camp Davis
Series editors:	Charles F. Keyes • Laurie J. Sears • Vicente Rafael
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-74204-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-295-74204-6
Barcode:	9780295742045

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