7259 records matched your query
02424aam a2200409 i 4500 001 24CE4F70F47811EDA3FB15433FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230517010023 008 220805s2023 mduab 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022034522 020 $a 1538169339 020 $a 9781538169339 020 $a 1538169320 020 $a 9781538169322 035 $a (OCoLC)1337523185 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d MBB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a HV7118.5 $b .A58 2023 082 00 $a 364.951 $2 23/eng/20220805 100 1 $a Antony, Robert J., $e author. 245 10 $a Rats, cats, rogues, and heroes : $b glimpses of China's hidden past / $c Robert J. Antony. 263 $a 2301 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2023] 300 $a xiii, 364 pages: $b illustrations (black and white), maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prelude. The illusive toothless man. -- The underworld of rivers and lakes -- Righteous Yang and the great comet of 1680 -- Pirates into goddesses -- Of rats, cats, and bandits in the Canton Delta -- Demons, gangsters, and triads -- Religious and ethnic unrest in Huizhou -- What ever happened to Broken Shoes Chen the Fourth? -- Identity, messianism, and rebellion on the Yao frontier -- Water chicks, Amazons, and goddesses -- Weizhou Island, Dan fishers, and the mysterious third old lady -- Postlude. China's culture wars. 520 $a "Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes provides a unique view of the underside of China's history and culture as revealed through the eyes of ordinary men and women. The author takes an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, Triads, sorcerers, tricksters, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Criminal anthropology. 650 0 $a Rogues and vagabonds. 651 0 $a China $x Social life and customs. 651 0 $a China $x History. 650 0 $a Social classes. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Antony, Robert J. $t Rats, cats, rogues, and heroes $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] $z 9781538169346 $w (DLC) 2022034523 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024430.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=24CE4F70F47811EDA3FB15433FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search