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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-005.mrc:147014536:2511
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LEADER: 02511mam a2200301 4500
001 2111996
005 20220615204951.0
008 980326s1997 caub b 000 0 eng d
020 $a0520212398
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm38855522
035 $9ANE7838CU
035 $a2111996
040 $aCUY$cCUY$dOrLoB-B
043 $aa-cc---
100 1 $aWakeman, Frederic E.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50021384
245 10 $aStrangers at the gate :$bsocial disorder in South China, 1839-1861 /$c[by] Frederic Wakeman, Jr.
250 $a2nd paperback printing.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c1997.
300 $a276 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aBibliography: p. [223]-247.
505 00 $gPt. 1.$tSan-yuan-li: The Politics of Patriotism 1839-1841.$gI.$tThe San-yuan-li Incident.$gII.$tThe Militia of Kwangtung.$gIII.$tThe Gentry and San-yuan-li.$gIV.$tTraitor in Our Midst.$gV.$tWe and They --$gPt. 2.$tStrangers at the Gate: The Politics of Resistance 1842-1849.$gVI.$tRighteous or Rebellious?$gVII.$tThe Entry Dilemma.$gVIII.$tHuang-chu-ch'i: Time Runs Out.$gIX.$tThe Victory of 1849 --$gPt. 3.$tRebellion and Reaction: The Politics of Localism 1850-1856.$gX.$tClass and Clan.$gXI.$tThe Secret Societies of South China.$gXII.$tKwangtung and the Taiping Rebellion.$gXIII.$tThe Circle Tightens.$gXIV.$tThe Red Turban Revolt.$gXV.$tThe Purge --$gPt. 4.$tCanton Conquered: The Politics of Collaboration 1857-1861.$gXVI.$tThe Capture of the City.$gXVII.$tThe Kwangtung Militia Bureau.$gXVIII.$tThe Resistance Movement.$gXIX.$tDeparture.
520 $aNow available again, this pioneering work examines one of the most controversial periods in Chinese history: the relationship between the Chinese civil and military authorities and the British trading community in southern China on the eve of the Taiping Rebellion, one of the most calamitous events in Chinese history.
520 8 $aWakeman shows how prevailing rural discontent, urban riots, secret-society activity, and the imbalance of class and clan affected the mechanisms of regional power and gentry control, demonstrating the progression of rebellion and the historical inevitability of revolution.
651 0 $aGuangdong Sheng (China)$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115292
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yOpium War, 1840-1842.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024090
852 00 $bmil$hDS793.K7$iW3 1997g