{"product_id":"rats-cats-rogues-and-heroes-glimpses-of-chinas-hidden-past-paperback","title":"Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes: Glimpses of China's Hidden Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert J. Antony\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory has many untold stories. In \u003ci\u003eRats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e the author provides glimpses into China's hidden past through the native's point of view. Rather than simply writing about ordinary people, this book is written from the perspective of ordinary people, how they told their own stories about themselves, their communities, and their pasts. The author examines historical consciousness as revealed in people's everyday lives and as expressed through customary rituals, sociocultural conventions, language, and the complex symbolism of common human experiences. The focus is on ethnic groups and individuals who have been routinely discriminated against in mainstream society and treated by officials as rogues and criminals. They were denizens of the underworld of \"rivers and lakes\" (\u003ci\u003ejianghu\u003c\/i\u003e), a sociocultural category that includes bandits, sorcerers, conmen, and prostitutes. To get at their silent history the author spent decades conducting field research in rural areas of southern China, collecting rarely used unconventional sources--folklore, legends, myths, rumors, and hearsay--that reveal nuggets of new information and insights not found in the conventional sources in libraries and archives. This book challenges many commonplace assumptions about how academics write history by offering alternative possibilities for China's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his retirement in 2019, Robert J. Antony was distinguished professor and senior researcher at Guangzhou University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLike Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eUnruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). He now lives with his wife near Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51872046711072,"sku":"9781538169339","price":59.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/XHpnkCf93Q9781538169339.webp?v=1781713568","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rats-cats-rogues-and-heroes-glimpses-of-chinas-hidden-past-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}