{"product_id":"a-frontier-made-lawless-9780774833707","title":"A Frontier Made Lawless","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the region of Liangshan in southwest China was plagued by violence. Indigenous Nuosu communities clashed with Han migrants, the Qing and Republican states, and local warlords. Large numbers of Nuosu and Han alike were kidnapped and killed in widespread patterns of captive taking. The first English-language history of Liangshan, \u003cem\u003eA Frontier Made Lawless\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the view that the persistent turmoil was the result of population pressures, opium production, and the growth of local paramilitary groups. Instead, Joseph Lawson argues that the conflict resulted from the lack of a common framework for dealing with property disputes, compounded by the repeated destabilization of the region by turmoil elsewhere in China. Drawing on a range of sources including court records, locals' memoirs, regional government records and surveys, and Nuosu epic poetry, Lawson adds new insights and comparative perspectives to the study of conflict in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Conflict over Land in the \u003cem\u003eLongue Durée\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Violence and the Structures of Power in the Qing Empire, 1800–1911\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Growing Poppies, Firearms, and Populations: Expansion and Consequences of Trade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Law in a Lawless Land: Liangshan, 1911–37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The Prisoners of Liangshan: Captivity and Alterity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Nationalist Party in Liangshan, 1937–49\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoda: The Communist Takeover and Liangshan in World History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404935733591,"sku":"9780774833707","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774833707.jpg?v=1730488112","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-frontier-made-lawless-9780774833707","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}