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In the first Western language history of Liangshan, Joseph Lawson argues that the region was not inherently violent but made violent by turmoil elsewhere in China.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Conflict over Land in the Longue Durée

2 Violence and the Structures of Power in the Qing Empire, 1800–1911

3 Growing Poppies, Firearms, and Populations: Expansion and Consequences of Trade

4 Law in a Lawless Land: Liangshan, 1911–37

5 The Prisoners of Liangshan: Captivity and Alterity

6 The Nationalist Party in Liangshan, 1937–49

Coda: The Communist Takeover and Liangshan in World History

Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Joseph Lawson is a lecturer in Chinese history at Newcastle University. He is the editor and translator of Mao Haijian’s The Qing Empire and the Opium War.