Nien Rebellion

The Nien Rebellion (捻軍起義) was an uprising that took place in northern China from 1851-1863. The rebels were completely defeated in 1868.

References

• Ownby, David. "Approximations of Chinese Bandits: Perverse Rebels or Frustrated Bachelors?" Chinese Masculinities/Femininities. Ed. Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Usam Brownell. Berkeley, CA: U of California P.
• Perry, Elizabeth. Rebels and Revolutionaries in Northern China, 1845-1945 (Stanford, CA: Stanford UP, 1980).

External link

• http://it.stlawu.edu/~govt/361F02Hudson.html - paper discussing how discrepancy in sex ratios might have contributed to the Nien Rebellion