Format:
1 Online-Ressource (321 p)
ISBN:
9789888390052
Content:
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 is because the local working poor had no other options to ensure their livelihood. In 1780 the Qing government enacted the first of a series of special laws to deal specifically with Guangdong bandits who plundered on land and water. The new law was prompted by what officials described as a spiralin
Content:
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
Content:
11. Enforcing the Laws and Suppressing the Criminals -- 12. Prosecution and Punishment -- 13. Conclusion -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789888208951
Additional Edition:
Print version Antony, Robert J Unruly People : Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China Aberdeen : Hong Kong University Press,c2016 ISBN 9789888208951
Language:
English
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