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Review of Di Wang, Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939–1949

Review of Di Wang, Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in... Asian Journal of Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-023-09404-y BOOK RE VIE W Review of Di Wang, Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939–1949 California: Stanford University Press, 2018. ISBN:978-1-5036-0530-5, 280 pages, $90 (hardcover) Wei Chin Wong Received: 10 May 2023 / Accepted: 14 May 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 Di Wang’s Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939–1949 certainly provides good and interesting accounts of social disorders, family organizations, and oppression toward women in rural China. Although the focus in this book is on the rise and decline of the “Gowned Brothers” (“袍哥” or Paoge in Chinese pinyin)-a secret society that had long operated throughout Sichuan province-the author investigates more about the intricate relationship between Paoge and individual rural lives that spanned across the Republican, Nationalist, and Communist periods. These periods have posed significant challenges for academic research within China, as a result of the multifaceted political changes happening alongside the relocations of universities to rural areas, the tension between differing Chinese ideologies, and the ongoing resistance wars against Japanese occupation in the country. Under such complex and dynamic circumstances, the author has found http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Review of Di Wang, Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939–1949

Wong, Wei Chin
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume OnlineFirst – May 30, 2023
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Asian Journal of Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-023-09404-y BOOK RE VIE W Review of Di Wang, Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939–1949 California: Stanford University Press, 2018. ISBN:978-1-5036-0530-5, 280 pages, $90 (hardcover) Wei Chin Wong Received: 10 May 2023 / Accepted: 14 May 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 Di Wang’s Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939–1949 certainly provides good and interesting accounts of social disorders, family organizations, and oppression toward women in rural China. Although the focus in this book is on the rise and decline of the “Gowned Brothers” (“袍哥” or Paoge in Chinese pinyin)-a secret society that had long operated throughout Sichuan province-the author investigates more about the intricate relationship between Paoge and individual rural lives that spanned across the Republican, Nationalist, and Communist periods. These periods have posed significant challenges for academic research within China, as a result of the multifaceted political changes happening alongside the relocations of universities to rural areas, the tension between differing Chinese ideologies, and the ongoing resistance wars against Japanese occupation in the country. Under such complex and dynamic circumstances, the author has found

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