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Hardback. Condition: New. The Tiandihui, also known as the Heaven and Earth Association or the Triads, was one of the earliest, largest, and most enduring of the Chinese secret societies that have played crucial roles at decisive junctures in modern Chinese history. These organizations were characterized by ceremonial rituals, often in the form of blood oaths, that brought people together for a common goal. Some were organized for clandestine, criminal, or even seditious purposes by people alienated from or at the margins of society. Others were organized for mutual protection or the administration of local activities by law-abiding members of a given community. The common perception in the twentieth century, both in China and in the West, was that the Tiandihui was founded by Chinese patriots in the seventeenth century for the purpose of overthrowing the Qing (Manchu) dynasty and restoring the Ming (Chinese). This view was put forward by Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries who claimed that, like the anti-Manchu founders of the Tiandihui, their goal was to strip the Manchus of their throne. The Chinese Nationalists (Guomindang) today claim the Tiandihui as part of their heritage. This book relates a very different history of the origins of the Tiandihui. Using Qing dynasty archives that were made available in both Beijing and Taipei during the last decades, the author shows that the Tiandihui was founded not as a political movement but as a mutual aid brotherhood in 1761, a century after the date given by traditional historiography. She contends that histories depicting Ming loyalism as the raison d'etre of the Tiandihui are based on internally generated sources and, in part, on the "Xi Lu Legend," a creation myth that tells of monks from the Shaolin Monastery aiding the emperor in fighting the Xi Lu barbarians. Because of its importance to the theories of Ming loyalist scholars and its impact on Tiandihui historiography as a whole, the author thoroughly investigates the legend, revealing it to be the product of later - not founding - generations of Tiandihui members and a tale with an evolution of its own. The seven extant versions of the legend itself appear in English translation as an appendix. This book thus accomplishes three things: it reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature; it makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and it firmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history.

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Condition: New. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676. . 1994. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1997 Liverpool University Press hardcover edition. Light reading wear, inscription to endpaper else very good condition. Contents: 1. Government Measures against Piracy and Privateering in the Atlantic Area, 1750-1850 2. Hydrarchy and Libertalia: The Utopian Dimensions of Atlantic Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century 3. Living and Working Conditions in Chinese Pirate Communities, 1750-1850 4. Living and Working Conditions in Philippine Pirate Communities, 1750-1850 5. Piracy in the Eastern Seas, 1750-1850: Some Economic Implications 6. Mediterranean Privateering between the Treaties of Utrecht and Paris, 1715-1856: First Reflections 7. A Restless Spirit: British Privateering Enterprise, 1739-1815 8. Cruising in Colonial Waters: The Organization of North American Privateering in the War of 1812 9. Experience, Skill and Luck: French Privateering Expeditions, 1792-1815 10. The Organization of a Privateering Expedition by the Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie, 1747-1748 11. The Risky Alternative: Dutch Privateering during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1783 12. Profit and Neutrality: The Case of Ostend, 1781-1783 13. Privateers, Piracy and Prosperity: Danish Shipping in War and Peace, 1750-1807 14. The Voyage of the Bornholm: Danish Convoy Service in the Caribbean, 1780-1781.

Condition: New. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676. . 1994. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 350 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: New. The Tiandihui, also known as the Heaven and Earth Association or the Triads, was one of the earliest, largest, and most enduring of the Chinese secret societies that have played crucial roles at decisive junctures in modern Chinese history. These organizations were characterized by ceremonial rituals, often in the form of blood oaths, that brought people together for a common goal. Some were organized for clandestine, criminal, or even seditious purposes by people alienated from or at the margins of society. Others were organized for mutual protection or the administration of local activities by law-abiding members of a given community. The common perception in the twentieth century, both in China and in the West, was that the Tiandihui was founded by Chinese patriots in the seventeenth century for the purpose of overthrowing the Qing (Manchu) dynasty and restoring the Ming (Chinese). This view was put forward by Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries who claimed that, like the anti-Manchu founders of the Tiandihui, their goal was to strip the Manchus of their throne. The Chinese Nationalists (Guomindang) today claim the Tiandihui as part of their heritage. This book relates a very different history of the origins of the Tiandihui. Using Qing dynasty archives that were made available in both Beijing and Taipei during the last decades, the author shows that the Tiandihui was founded not as a political movement but as a mutual aid brotherhood in 1761, a century after the date given by traditional historiography. She contends that histories depicting Ming loyalism as the raison d'etre of the Tiandihui are based on internally generated sources and, in part, on the "Xi Lu Legend," a creation myth that tells of monks from the Shaolin Monastery aiding the emperor in fighting the Xi Lu barbarians. Because of its importance to the theories of Ming loyalist scholars and its impact on Tiandihui historiography as a whole, the author thoroughly investigates the legend, revealing it to be the product of later - not founding - generations of Tiandihui members and a tale with an evolution of its own. The seven extant versions of the legend itself appear in English translation as an appendix. This book thus accomplishes three things: it reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature; it makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and it firmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history.

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Gebunden. Condition: New. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui .

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'An important book. . . . Murray has astutely sifted through a huge body of primary and secondary sources in both Chinese and English to present an excellent historiographical study of the origins of the Heaven and Earth Society. . . . This is a book well worth reading.'--China Review International.

orig.cloth. Textual tables (illustrator). 23x15cm, xiv,350 pp Contents: Beginnings: The Eighteenth Century; Spread & Elaboration: The Nineteenth Century; The Tiandhui in Western Historiography; The Tiandihui in Chinese Historiography; The Tiandihui in Myth & Legend; Conclusion; Appendixes. Minor rubbing. Slight binding soil. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 350 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.