E-book
Violence and order on the Chengdu Plain : the story of a secret brotherhood in rural China, 1939-1949
Record details
- ISBN: 9781503604834
- ISBN: 9781503605336
- ISBN: 1503605337
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages)
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
- Copyright: �2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : two stories joined in the Chengdu Plain -- A public execution -- A local band of the Gowned Brothers -- Spirituality and customs -- Secret codes and language -- Disciplines and dominance -- A tenant farmer and Paoge master -- Entering the Paoge -- The decline of power -- A family crisis and a rural woman's fate -- Fall of the Paoge -- Looking for the storyteller -- Untangling Paoge myth -- Appendix 1 : Paoge ranks -- Appendix 2 : Lei family tree -- Appendix 3 : selected ritual/festival events -- Appendix 4 : Chinese texts of sayings and poems -- Appendix 5 : brief comments on texts, myth, and history. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2018). |
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| Genre: | Electronic books. History. |
