Download or read book Triad Societies: pt. 1. Freemasonry in China written by Kingsley Bolton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set comprises a comprehensive selection of colonial Western scholarly texts on Chinese secret societies from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. It includes a selection of important papers on Chinese secret societies by a variety of scholars, missionaries, and colonial officials.