Bradley Camp Davis is assistant professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University.

"Bradley Camp Davis has delved deeper into this topic than anyone before. . . . The discussion of the borderlands in this book and the way it reveals the challenges faced by a failed state is helpful in thinking about other periods of Vietnamese history. . . . Davis’s Imperial Bandits takes us deep into one of those times when a Vietnamese state struggled to control its territory, but when we take a step back we can see parallels with other periods and places, too."

• Introduction: Imperial Bandits, Cultures of Violence, and Oral Traditions 1. Opium and Rebellion at High Altitudes 2. Commerce, Rebellion, and Consular Optics 3. Imperial Bandits and the Sino-French War 4. Borderline, Resistance, and Technology Conclusion: Flags in the Dust

Bradley Camp Davis is assistant professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University.

"Bradley Camp Davis has delved deeper into this topic than anyone before. . . . The discussion of the borderlands in this book and the way it reveals the challenges faced by a failed state is helpful in thinking about other periods of Vietnamese history. . . . Davis’s Imperial Bandits takes us deep into one of those times when a Vietnamese state struggled to control its territory, but when we take a step back we can see parallels with other periods and places, too."

• Introduction: Imperial Bandits, Cultures of Violence, and Oral Traditions 1. Opium and Rebellion at High Altitudes 2. Commerce, Rebellion, and Consular Optics 3. Imperial Bandits and the Sino-French War 4. Borderline, Resistance, and Technology Conclusion: Flags in the Dust

Bradley Camp Davis is assistant professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University.

"Bradley Camp Davis has delved deeper into this topic than anyone before. . . . The discussion of the borderlands in this book and the way it reveals the challenges faced by a failed state is helpful in thinking about other periods of Vietnamese history. . . . Davis’s Imperial Bandits takes us deep into one of those times when a Vietnamese state struggled to control its territory, but when we take a step back we can see parallels with other periods and places, too."

• Introduction: Imperial Bandits, Cultures of Violence, and Oral Traditions 1. Opium and Rebellion at High Altitudes 2. Commerce, Rebellion, and Consular Optics 3. Imperial Bandits and the Sino-French War 4. Borderline, Resistance, and Technology Conclusion: Flags in the Dust