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Book SynopsisThe first historical examination of a Muslim-led rebellion in mid-nineteenth-century China which carved out an independent sultanate along China's southwestern border lasting nearly seventeen years.
Trade Review"[Atwill] has exhausted all the available sources. Open-mindedly, he has not selected one of the contemporary theories about inter-ethnic strife (or border strife) and arranged the facts neatly around it... Atwill's book about the Panthay Rebellion is valuable reading for persons interested in the economic and political history of minorities in China." --
H-Net"Because of the compelling history that the book tells, I would strongly recommend it... It will lead to stimulating discussion and debate." --
Pacific Affairs"The book is of great help in understanding ethnic and religious revolts and violence in concrete terms in imperial as well as modern China, and for the crimes committed by the immigrant Han in China's frontier and ethnic regions in the name of state. . . . This book deserves serious attention from students of imperial Chinese history, ethnic studies, and frontier studies, as well as policymakers." --
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences"Atwill's book marks a major contribution to the historiography of nineteenth-century China and of Chinese Islam." --
American Historical Review"This is a thought-provoking, sophisticated study that should stimulate discussion on numerous issues." --
Journal of Asian Studies"It is a book that should be read." --
Journal of Chinese Studies
