Table of Contents

Preface One Introduction Stevan Harrell Two Lineage Feuding in Southern Fujian and Eastern Guangdong under Qing Rule Harry J. Lamley Three Ethnic Violence in Modern China: Hans and Huis in Gansu, 1781-1929 Jonathan N. Lipman Four Sectarian Eschatology and Violence Richard Shek Five Violence and Buddhist Idealism in the Xiyou Novels Frederick Brandauer Six Urban Violence during the Cultural Revolution: Who Is to Blame? Anne F. Thurston Seven The Politics of Revenge in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution Richard Madsen Eight Violence against Women in Contemporary China Christina Gilmartin Glossary Contributors Index

About the Author

Jonathan N. Lipman is Associate Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. Stevan Harrell is Professor of Anthropology and International Studies and Director of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program at the University of Washington.