Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early and Mid-Qing China: The Formation of a Tradition

by David Ownby

Book Overview

This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of "secret society." The author suggests that the secret society is properly understood as one variety of the "brotherhood association," a category that encompasses a range of popular fraternal organizations that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period.

The book begins by describing the proliferation of brotherhood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804726515
• ISBN13: 9780804726511
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"