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Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939-1949 Di Wang
Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939-1949
Di Wang
This is the first book-length treatment of the Paoge—a violent secret society located in a rural village near Chengdu, China. The book uses a filicide within the society as a starting point to examine the environment, history, culture, and organization of the Paoge and the structures of local power in 1940s rural Sichuan.
280 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 27, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9781503604834 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 161 × 24 mm · 544 g |
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