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Declining State-Engaging Actions Declining State-Engaging Actions
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Petition Seeking Government Intervention into an Episode of Class WarfareClose Petition Seeking Government Intervention into an Episode of Class WarfareClose
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Tax Resistance Tax Resistance
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Fighting CorvéeClose Fighting CorvéeClose
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Tax Strike Under Chaotic Tax AssessmentClose Tax Strike Under Chaotic Tax AssessmentClose
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Resisting State Intervention in Social Conflicts Resisting State Intervention in Social Conflicts
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Feuding Lineages Expel Government AgentsClose Feuding Lineages Expel Government AgentsClose
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Feuding Fishermen Resist Government TroopsClose Feuding Fishermen Resist Government TroopsClose
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Outlaws Against the State Outlaws Against the State
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Loggers Fight Forest RangersClose Loggers Fight Forest RangersClose
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Armed Salt Smugglers Battle InspectorsClose Armed Salt Smugglers Battle InspectorsClose
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Resistance and Organization of the Guolu Bandit GroupClose Resistance and Organization of the Guolu Bandit GroupClose
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From Riots to Revolt From Riots to Revolt
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The Tiandihui Rebellion in Taiwan The Tiandihui Rebellion in Taiwan
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The White Lotus Rebellion in the Southwest The White Lotus Rebellion in the Southwest
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the second of the three waves of protest in mid-Qing China. It details the genesis and development of select representative cases of protest in 1776–1795, which were predominantly state resisting. Following the case studies, it discusses how these late-eighteenth-century resistances helped fuel the outbreak of large-scale, sustained armed uprisings, which peaked at the turn of the nineteenth century. In contrast to the 1740s and 1750s, when villagers and city dwellers alike frequently engaged the paternalist and activist state to request intervention or to influence state action to enhance their interests and rights, state-engaging protests declined in the 1776–1795 period. The reason for this decline is that the popular expectation of what the state could do for society slid with the state's falling capacity. Simultaneous to this decline was the rise of state-resisting violence, which could be broken down into three main categories: tax resistance, resistance to state intervention in social conflicts, and outlaws' resistance against state repression.
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