The art of being governed : everyday politics in late imperial China
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The art of being governed : everyday politics in late imperial China
Princeton University Press, c2017
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Glossary: p. 241-243
Notes: p. 245-268
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290) and index
Contents of Works
- ch. 1: A younger brother inherits a windfall: conscription, military service, and family strategies
- ch. 2: A family reunion silences a bully : new social relations between soldiers and their kin
- ch. 3: An officer in cahoots with pirates : coastal garrisons and maritime smuggling
- ch. 4: An officer founds a school : new social relations in the guards
- ch. 5: A soldier curses a clerk : regulatory arbitrage strategies in the military colonies
- ch. 6: A temple with two gods : managing social relations between soldier-farmers and local civilians
- ch. 7: A god becomes and ancestor : post-Ming legacies of the military system
