1. Beginnings: The Eighteenth Century -- 2. Spread and Elaboration: The Nineteenth Century -- 3. The Tiandihui in Western Historiography -- 4. The Tiandihui in Chinese Historiography -- 5. The Tiandihui in Myth and Legend -- App. A. The Testimony of Key Tiandihui Offenders -- App. B. The Seven Chinese Versions of the Xi Lu Legend -- App. C. The Founding of Secret Societies, 1718-1850 -- App. D. Concordance for British Museum Documents Published by Xiao Yishan -- App. E. Tiandihui Oaths
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-338) and index
