Author: Phil Billingsley
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804714068
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A study of banditry in Republican China, describing the cycles whereby banditry spread from the impoverished margins (geographically and socially) of late Qing society into entire provinces by the 1920s.
Bandits in Republican China
Author: Phil Billingsley
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804714068
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A study of banditry in Republican China, describing the cycles whereby banditry spread from the impoverished margins (geographically and socially) of late Qing society into entire provinces by the 1920s.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804714068
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A study of banditry in Republican China, describing the cycles whereby banditry spread from the impoverished margins (geographically and socially) of late Qing society into entire provinces by the 1920s.
Reappraising Republican China
Author: Frederic E. Wakeman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198296171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Leading scholars review many aspects of contemporary research on Chinese politics, ranging from the influence of fascism on Chiang Kai-Shek to the transition from the Qing dynasty to the Republic. Relevant for all interested in the key period in China between Monarchy and Communism.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198296171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Leading scholars review many aspects of contemporary research on Chinese politics, ranging from the influence of fascism on Chiang Kai-Shek to the transition from the Qing dynasty to the Republic. Relevant for all interested in the key period in China between Monarchy and Communism.
Ten Weeks with Chinese Bandits
Author: Harvey James Howard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"Experiences and impressions of the author as a captive of bandits in Heilungchiang province, China ... during the summer and early fall of 1925"--Foreword.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"Experiences and impressions of the author as a captive of bandits in Heilungchiang province, China ... during the summer and early fall of 1925"--Foreword.
The Peking Express
Author: James M Zimmerman
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541701720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era. In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury—exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow passengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini and lawyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip. Charismatic bandit leader and populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell’s trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages. Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits’ mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began. Brilliantly written, with new and original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world—becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies—and set the course for China’s two-decade civil war.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541701720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era. In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury—exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow passengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini and lawyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip. Charismatic bandit leader and populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell’s trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages. Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits’ mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began. Brilliantly written, with new and original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world—becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies—and set the course for China’s two-decade civil war.
Banditry and Piracy in China, Late Ch'ing to Early Republican
Author: Margaret Christina Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven
Author: David M. Robinson
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824823917
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
To understand how this extraordinary meeting came about requires a consideration of the economy of violence during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Here, for the first time in any language, is a detailed look at the role of illicit violence during the Ming.".
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824823917
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
To understand how this extraordinary meeting came about requires a consideration of the economy of violence during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Here, for the first time in any language, is a detailed look at the role of illicit violence during the Ming.".
Chinese Femininities, Chinese Masculinities
Author: Susan Brownell
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520211032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Chinese Literature: Lydia H. Liu
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520211032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Chinese Literature: Lydia H. Liu
China’s Rise and Its Global Implications
Author: Shaoguang Wang
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811643415
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book is the culmination of a lifetime of research into Chinese development, situated in a global historical context. The author explores the irreplaceable role of state capacity, state-owned-enterprises and five-year plan in China’s transformation from an agricultural state to an industrial state and then to the world's economic powerhouse, as well as the remarkable achievements of social policy to reduce the rural-urban gap and regional gap. This book will be of interest to China scholars, development economists, political activists, and general readers who would like to know more about China's growth miracle.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811643415
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book is the culmination of a lifetime of research into Chinese development, situated in a global historical context. The author explores the irreplaceable role of state capacity, state-owned-enterprises and five-year plan in China’s transformation from an agricultural state to an industrial state and then to the world's economic powerhouse, as well as the remarkable achievements of social policy to reduce the rural-urban gap and regional gap. This book will be of interest to China scholars, development economists, political activists, and general readers who would like to know more about China's growth miracle.
Banditry in China, 1911 to 1928
Author: Philip Richard Billingsley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Crime, Punishment and the Prison in Modern China
Author: Frank Dikötter
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231125086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This book is a richly textured social and cultural study exploring the profound effects and lasting repercussions of superimposing Western-derived models of repentance and rehabilitation on traditional categories of crime and punishment.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231125086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This book is a richly textured social and cultural study exploring the profound effects and lasting repercussions of superimposing Western-derived models of repentance and rehabilitation on traditional categories of crime and punishment.