Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China: Militarization and Social Structure, 1796–1864, With a New Preface by the Author
Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China: Militarization and Social Structure, 1796–1864, With a New Preface by the Author
by Philip A. Kuhn
Harvard University Press, 1970
Cloth: 978-0-674-74951-1 | Paper: 978-0-674-74954-2 | eISBN: 978-0-674-03978-0
Library of Congress Classification DS755.K77
Dewey Decimal Classification 951.03
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CONTENTS
- I
- Local Militia and the Traditional State
- A
- The Boundaries of Modern History
- B
- The Historical Importance of State Militia Institutions
- II
- The Development of Ch'ing Militia Policy, 1796–1850
- A
- Local Control Problems During the White Lotus Rebellion
- B
- Ch'ing Militia Policy on the Eve of the Taiping Rebellion
- III
- The Structure of Local Militarization in South and Central China
- A
- Scales of Local Organization
- B
- Principles of Local Organization
- C
- The Relation of the T'uan to Bureaucratic Divisions
- IV
- The Rise of Rebellion and the Militarization of the Orthodox Elite
- A
- From Local to Imperial Defense: Chiang Chung-yuan
- B
- Hu Lin-i Builds a “Personal Army”
- C
- Tseng Kuo-fan and the Hunan Army
- D
- Liu Yü-hsun and the Defense of Nanchang
- V
- Parallel Hierarchies of Militarization
- A
- Orthodox and Heterodox Hierarchies
- B
- Interaction and Integration
- VI
- Militia, the State, and Revolution
- A
- Socio-strategic Problems of the Taiping Rebellion
- B
- The Breakdown of the Traditional State