Empire and Identity in Guizhou: Local Resistance to Qing Expansion

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804811

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.

Author: Jodi L. Weinstein
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 12/01/2013
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780295993270

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2014

About the Author

Jodi L. Weinstein teaches history at The College of New Jersey.