On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
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On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition
(Studies in war, society, and the military / editors, Mark Grimsley, Peter Maslowski ; editorial board, D'Ann Campbell ... [et al.])
University of Nebraska Press, c2018
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  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Editorial Style
Chronology of the Ming-Qing Transition
1. Zhang Xianzhong and the Ming-Qing Transition
2. The Rise of the Yellow Tiger
3. Establishing the Great Western Kingdom
4. Looting Heaven’s Storehouse
5. Erasing the Shame of Banditry
6. Allying with the Ming
7. A House Divided
8. The Annihilation of the Kuidong 13
9. The Rhetoric of Catastrophe
Appendix 1: Defenders, Contenders, and Pretenders
Appendix 2: Chinese Weights and Measures
Appendix 3: Rebels, Rogues, Regents, and Rascals
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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