Rebels Between Rebellions-Secret Societies in the Novel, P'eng Kung Au
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3629971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerome Ch''En, Jerome Ch'En (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 04 |
| Pages | 807-822 |
| Publication date | 1970-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021911800138264 |
| OpenAlex | W4251100199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 1 |
This is a study of the social and economic functions of Chinese secret societies between the age of rebellions, 1850-1878, and the Boxer Uprising. The rebellions and their ensuing peaceful reconstruction of Chinese society brought important changes to both the secret societies and Chinese society at large. These are analyzed in detail in this essay. By so doing, the essay attempts to throw some light on the mechanism and processes of the structural changes of Chinese secret societies. It also attempts to correct some methodological defects which seem to exist still in the study of Chinese secret societies. One of these is that historians tend to focus their attention only on rebellions while neglecting the activities of the rebel elements in peace time; another is the reluctance to make better use of popular literature as a reliable source of historical information. Widi emphasis on the social and economic functions of these societies in peace time, the essay also helps to dispel the belief that all Chinese secret societies came from one mother body-a monistic myth created by the nationalist revolutionaries of the 1900's
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Late Ch'ing foreign relations, 1866–1905
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The military challenge
Changing Chinese views of Western relations, 1840–95
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The Cambridge History of China
Rebellion and Revolution
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1984 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |