Lee, Mai Na M., <br/><br/>
Dreams of the Hmong kingdom :  the quest for legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960 / 
Mai Na M. Lee. 
 - Madison, Wisconsin :  The University of Wisconsin Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : leadership and the politics of legitimation in Hmong society ; Hmong alliance and rebellion within the state (1850-1900) --  Hmong messianism : the mandate of heaven. A chronology of two rebellions (1910-1912 and 1918-1921) ; Messianism as a quest for the mandate of heaven --  The secular political tradition : a mandate by proxy. The creation of a supreme Hmong chief (1900-1935) ; The struggle for paramountcy (1921-1935) ; The emergence of an educated Hmong broker (1936-1940) ; The impact of the Japanese occupation on the highlands (1941-1945) ; Hmong competition finds revolutionary voices in the Kingdom of Laos (1946-1960) ; Epilogue : the continuity of the two strands of leadership. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780299298838 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnic conflict--Indochina.<br/>Hmong (Asian people)--History.--Indochina
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS509  / .D743 2015