Title Protest with Chinese characteristics : demonstrations, riots, and petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty / Ho-fung Hung

Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) : illustrations Contents Market expansion, state centralization, and Neo-Confucianism in Qing China -- Documenting the three waves of Mid-Qing protest -- Filial-loyal demonstrations, 1740-1759 -- Riots into rebellion, 1776-1795 -- Resistance and petitions, 1820-1839 -- Mid-Qing protests in comparative perspective -- Epilogue: The past in the present Summary The origin of political modernity has long been tied to the Western history of protest and revolution, the currents of which many believe sparked popular dissent worldwide. Reviewing nearly one thousand instances of protest in China from the eighteen Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Subject Protest movements -- China -- History -- 18th century Riots -- China -- History -- 18th century Demonstrations -- China -- History -- 18th century Petitions -- China -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Asia -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Demonstrations Petitions Protest movements Qing Dynasty (China) Riots Social conditions Aufstand Protestbewegung Petition Demonstration SUBJECT China -- Social conditions -- 18th century China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078 Subject China Genre/Form Electronic book History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010053571 ISBN 0231525451 9780231525459 0231152027 9780231152020

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