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Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early and Mid-Qing China: The Formation of a Tradition David Ownby
Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early and Mid-Qing China: The Formation of a Tradition
David Ownby
This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of secret society. It suggests that the society is properly understood as one variety of the brotherhood association that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period.
256 pages, 5 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 1, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804726511 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 21 mm · 535 g |
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