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Huaiyin Li - Village Governance in North China: 1875-1936 - 9780804750912 - V9780804750912
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Village Governance in North China: 1875-1936

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Description for Village Governance in North China: 1875-1936 Hardback. A study of village governance in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China that reinterprets peasant behavior, village community, and state-society relations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 tables, 2 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.

This book is about village governance in China during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on government archives from Huailu county, Hebei province, it explores local practices and official systems of social control, land taxation, and "self government" at the village level. Its analysis of peasant behaviors bridges the gap between the rational choice and moral economy models by taking into account both material and symbolic dimensions of power and interest in the peasant community. The author's interpretation of village/state relations before 1900 transcends the state and society dichotomy and accentuates the interplay between formal and informal institutions ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804750912
SKU
V9780804750912
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Huaiyin Li
Huaiyin Li teaches modern Chinese history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews for Village Governance in North China: 1875-1936
"This is truly a well-written book on China's village governance, a very good example of combining theory, first-hand materials and sophisticated analysis. Even though Li is cautious in extending his arguments into other areas and epochs, this book still helps shed new light to the traditional Chinese local governance."
Journal of Chinese Political Science "This book is a hugely ... Read more

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