Panthay Rebellion - Islam, Ethnicity and the Dali Sultanate in Southwest China, 1856-1873

A history of the Panthay Rebellion against the Chinese imperial court

About the author

David Atwill is Professor of History at Penn State University. He is the author of Islamic Shangri-la and co-author of Sources in Chinese History, and is writing a biography of the Chinese scholar-official Lin Zexu.Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics-including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome-as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

Summary

A history of the Panthay Rebellion against the Chinese imperial court

Product details

• Authors: David Atwill, David G. Atwill, Atwill David G.
• Assisted by: Tariq Ali (Foreword)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781804290545
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-054-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Verso World History Series; Verso World History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1870 to c 1879, c 1860 to c 1869, c 1850 to c 1859, Southwest China, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions