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Jodi L. Weinstein teaches history at The College of New Jersey.
"Using archival sources, recent Chinese-language histories, and
Zhongjia folklore, Weinstein gives a detailed account of a 1797
uprising. She argues that Zhongjia actions can best be understood
as ‘livelihood’ strategies . . .The conclusion summarizes this
argument and reflects on the hierarchy of ethnic groups under the
Qing."
*Choice*
"Weinstein painstakingly pieces together images of Guizhou's
changing landscapes and, in particular, those of an ethnic people
that were somewhat absent from previous scholarly discussions.
Building on solid historical studies…which emphasize indigenous
response to China's colonization of the region, Weinstein's book
also carries analytical and methodological significance. Most
importantly, the in-between position of the Zhongjia and their
semi-state spaces open up a productive venue to engage the
interactive dynamics of structure and agency, as well as of state
and society. Rather than treating 'Sinicization' as teleology,
Weinstein suggests that 'advancement towards civilization' was by
no means a fait accompli."
*Asian Highlands Perspectives*
"[A] brief but well-researched and contextualized study. . . [A]n
important study of the late imperial encounter between the Zhongjia
people of Guizhou Province in southwestern China and immigrants
identified as Han, or “Chinese,” bearing the dominant Confucian
culture."
*Historian, The*
"Weinstein adds to the rich body of English-language monographs on
the relationship between China’s late imperial empires and non-Han
peoples living on the borderlands of China proper. . . . An
important contribution to the new Qing history with this solidly
researched study of the Zhongjia and their resistance to Qing
rule."
*Canadian Journal of History*
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