Amid the Clouds and Mist: China's Colonization of Guizhou, 1200-1700 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780674025912)

In 1200, what is now southwest China--Guizhou, Yunnan, and the southern portion of Sichuan--was home to an assortment of strikingly diverse cultures and ruled by a multitude of political entities. By 1750, China's military, political, sociocultural, and economic institutions were firmly in control of the region, and many of the area's cultures were rapidly becoming extinct. One purpose of this book is to examine how China's three late imperial dynasties--the Yuan, Ming, and Qing--conquered, colonized, and assumed control of the southwest. Another objective is to highlight the indigenous response to China's colonization of the southwest, particularly that of the Nasu Yi people of western Guizhou and eastern Yunnan, the only group to leave an extensive written record.

Author: John E. Herman
ISBN-10: 0674025911
ISBN-13: 9780674025912
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.38w x 1.18d