Author: Murray, Dian H.
Title: The Origins of the Tiandihui: The Chinese Triads in Legend and History
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1994. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xiv,350 pp. Textual tables. Minor rubbing. Slight binding soil. VG. ¶ Contents: Beginnings: The Eighteenth Century; Spread & Elaboration: The Nineteenth Century; The Tiandhui in Western Historiography; The Tiandihui in Chinese Historiography; The Tiandihui in Myth & Legend; Conclusion; Appendixes.

Keywords: Chinese Social History, China, Secret Societies, Tiandihui, Triad Triads, Hung Men Society, Qing Dynasty, Political Movement, Movements