Marriage, Mortality, and Identity on China’s Miao Frontier, 1750–1919
Modern China: An International Journal of History and Social Science
Published online on January 12, 2026
Abstract
Modern China, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 361-388, May 2026.
Around 1745, Magistrate Xie Shenglun arrived in Tianzhu county in southeastern Guizhou, intent on transforming the kinship and marriage practices of the local Miao. Indeed, during the eighteenth century, local families adopted markers of formal lineage, ...
Around 1745, Magistrate Xie Shenglun arrived in Tianzhu county in southeastern Guizhou, intent on transforming the kinship and marriage practices of the local Miao. Indeed, during the eighteenth century, local families adopted markers of formal lineage, ...