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Dreams of the Hmong kingdom : the quest for legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, Mai Na M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2015]
Colección:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : leadership and the politics of legitimation in Hmong society ; Hmong alliance and rebellion within the state (1850-1900)
  • Hmong messianism : the mandate of heaven. A chronology of two rebellions (1910-1912 and 1918-1921) ; Messianism as a quest for the mandate of heaven
  • The secular political tradition : a mandate by proxy. The creation of a supreme Hmong chief (1900-1935) ; The struggle for paramountcy (1921-1935) ; The emergence of an educated Hmong broker (1936-1940) ; The impact of the Japanese occupation on the highlands (1941-1945) ; Hmong competition finds revolutionary voices in the Kingdom of Laos (1946-1960) ; Epilogue : the continuity of the two strands of leadership.