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The art of being governed : everyday politics in late imperial China /

An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state. How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfill...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Szonyi, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A younger brother inherits a windfall: conscription, military service, and family strategies
  • A family reunion silences a bully: new social relations between soldiers and their kin
  • An officer in cahoots with pirates: coastal garrisons and maritime smuggling
  • An officer founds a school: new social relations in the guards
  • A soldier curses a clerk: regulatory arbitrage strategies in the military colonies
  • A temple with two gods: managing social relations between soldier-farmers and local civilians
  • A god becomes an ancestor: post-Ming legacies of the military system.