Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Stanford University, 2012) issued under title: Conflict, community and crime in fin-de-siecle Sichuan. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
False accusation and vernacular maps : tools for shaping state power -- Local violence : kidnapping, sexual impropriety, and community discipline -- Family conflict: contesting and constructing local authority -- Economic disputes : social meanings and market-based exchange -- Conclusion : beyond the state.
Series:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 140
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