Chieftains Into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China

by Cuiping He

Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewrite the story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in the first place, the authors combine anthropological fieldwork with historical textual analysis to build a new regional history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774823690
• ISBN13: 9780774823692
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"