Unruly people : crime, community, and state in late imperial South China /

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Unruly People shows that in mid-Qing Guangdong banditry occurred mainly in the densely populated core Canton delta where state power was strongest, challenging the conventional wisdom that banditry was most prevalent in peripheral areas. Through extensive archival research, Antony reveals that this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Antony, Robert J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2016]
Temas:
1644-1912
Brigands and robbers > China > History > 18th century.
Bandits et brigands > Chine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Brigands and robbers
Politics and government
Qing Dynasty (China)
Social conditions
China, Southeast > Social conditions.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China > Politics and government > 1644-1912.
Chine (Sud-Est) > Conditions sociales.
Chine > Histoire > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 1644-1912.
China
Southeast China
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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