ABSTRACT
Chapter 6 explores the historical memory that reflected the structural changes to Yunnan’s commercial life and capital accumulation during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This chapter traces the roots of Hui social and economic inequality and the rise of military-merchants to the appropriation of Hui wealth and properties in the mid-nineteenth century. The chapter also provides the big picture of Yunnan’s prosperous transregional trade and the contribution of both civilian traders and military-merchants.
