False accusation and vernacular maps : tools for shaping state power -- Local violence : kidnapping, sexual impropriety, and community discipline -- Family conflict: contesting and constructing local authority -- Economic disputes : social meanings and market-based exchange -- C…
"[This] book examines over 350 legal cases that comprise the 'cases of unnatural death' archival file from 1890 to 1900 in Ba County, Sichuan province. The archive presents an untidy array of death, including homicides, suicides, and found bodies. An analysis of the muddled and …
Exploring local practices of dispute resolution and laying bare the routine role of violence in the late-Qing dynasty, Conflict, Community, and the State in Late Imperial Sichuan demonstrates the significance of everyday violence in ordering, disciplining, and building communiti…