On the trail of the yellow tiger : war, trauma, and social dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing transition / Kenneth M. Swope.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronology of the Ming-Qing transition -- Zhang Xianzhong and the Ming-Qing transition -- The rise of the yellow tiger -- Establishing the Great Western Kingdom -- Looting heaven's storehouse -- Erasing the shame of banditry -- Allying with the Ming -- A house divided -- The annihilation of the Kuidong -- The rhetoric of catastrophe -- Appendix 1: Defenders, contenders, and pretenders -- Appendix 2: Chinese weights and measures -- Appendix 3: Rebels, rogues, regents, and rascals.

"Examination of the social and demographic effects of the Ming-Qing transition on southwest China and the devastation wrought by the warlord Zhang Xianzhong"--Provided by publisher.

Local access dig.pdf. [Swope-Yellow Tiger.pdf]