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Bandits, eunuchs, and the son of heaven : rebellion and the economy of violence in mid-Ming China

David Robinson

University of Hawaiʿi Press, c2001

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-278) and index

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This title considers the economy of violence during the Ming dynasty. Using primary sources, it recreates in detail a world wear bandits raided the boulevards in and around Beijing. It reveals how illicit armed violence formed a critical facet of late-imperial Chinese history.

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