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Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes: Glimpses of China's Hidden Past

Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes: Glimpses of China's Hidden Past - Paperback

by Robert J. Antony
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert J. AntonyTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Chinese, Ethnic Orientation/AsianPublish date:2023-01-31Pages:344
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538169339ISBN-10:1538169339UPC:9781538169339Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Ethnic Studies, CriminologyBook Topic:China, Asian StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.22Product ID:SCE8AF6X1Q

Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes reveals China's history and culture through the eyes of ordinary men and women using an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, sorcerers, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538169339ISBN-10:1538169339UPC:9781538169339Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Ethnic Studies, CriminologyBook Topic:China, Asian StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.22Product ID:SCE8AF6X1Q

Before his retirement in 2019, Robert J. Antony was distinguished professor and senior researcher at Guangzhou University. He is the author of Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China (2003), Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China (2016), and The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents (2022). He now lives with his wife near Princeton, New Jersey.


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