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On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger - War, Trauma, and Social Dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing Transition (Hardcover)
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On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger - War, Trauma, and Social Dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing Transition (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military
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The Manchu Qing victory over the Chinese Ming Dynasty in the
mid-seventeenth century was one of the most surprising and
traumatic developments in China’s long history. In the last year
of the Ming, the southwest region of China became the base of
operations for the notorious leader Zhang Xianzhong (1605–47), a
peasant rebel known as the Yellow Tiger. Zhang’s systematic reign
of terror allegedly resulted in the deaths of at least one-sixth of
the population of the entire Sichuan province in just two years.
The rich surviving source record, however, indicates that much of
the destruction took place well after Zhang’s death in 1647 and
can be attributed to independent warlords, marauding bandits, the
various Ming and Qing armies vying for control of the empire, and
natural disasters. On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger is the
first Western study to examine in detail the aftermath of the Qing
conquest by focusing on the social and demographic effects of the
Ming-Qing transition. By integrating the modern techniques of
trauma and memory studies into the military and social history of
the transition, Kenneth M. Swope adds a crucial piece to the
broader puzzle of dynastic collapse and reconstruction. He also
considers the Ming-Qing transition in light of contemporary
conflicts around the globe, offering a comparative military history
that engages with the universal connections between war and
society. Â
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| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies in War, Society, and the Military |
| Release date: |
June 2018 |
| Authors: |
Kenneth M. Swope
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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| Pages: |
456 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-4995-0 |
| Categories: |
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| LSN: |
0-8032-4995-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780803249950 |
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