Unruly People : Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China.
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- 9789888390052
- 364.155209512709033
- DS793.S644 A586 2016
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Note to Readers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Age of Mounting Disorder -- Preventive Measures and Protective Strategies -- 3. Instructing the People and Disseminating the Laws -- 4. The Reach of the State -- 5. Community Security and Self-Defense -- Crimes, Criminals, and Community -- 6. The Structures of Crime -- 7. The Laboring Poor and Banditry -- 8. Bandits, Brotherhoods, and Collective Crime -- 9. Networks of Accomplices -- State and Local Law Enforcement -- 10. The Qing Code and Special Judicial Legislation -- 11. Enforcing the Laws and Suppressing the Criminals -- 12. Prosecution and Punishment -- 13. Conclusion -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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