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- catalog abstract ""During the Qing dynasty, the agents of the imperial state with the greatest immediate power over the lives of commoners were not the eniperor's appointed officials. Rather, they were the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the functionaries at the very lowest level of the state's administrative hierarchy. Yet despite the critical importance of these people, until now we have known very little about them beyond the portrayals left by Qing high officials and elites, portrayals that emphasize near-universal corruption and venality." "Drawing from the archival records of Ba county, Sichuan, Talons and Teeth challenges the simplicity of earlier, one-sided views by taking us inside the county yamen to provide the first detailed look at local administrative practice from the perspective of those who actually carried it out."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11604514.
- catalog coverage "China Politics and government 1644-1912.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Drawing from the archival records of Ba county, Sichuan, Talons and Teeth challenges the simplicity of earlier, one-sided views by taking us inside the county yamen to provide the first detailed look at local administrative practice from the perspective of those who actually carried it out."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""During the Qing dynasty, the agents of the imperial state with the greatest immediate power over the lives of commoners were not the eniperor's appointed officials. Rather, they were the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the functionaries at the very lowest level of the state's administrative hierarchy. Yet despite the critical importance of these people, until now we have known very little about them beyond the portrayals left by Qing high officials and elites, portrayals that emphasize near-universal corruption and venality."".
- catalog description "Illicit Bureaucrats -- Clerks -- Families, Friends, and Factions -- Runners -- Illicit Allies and the Magistrate's Men -- The Economics of Justice -- The Legitimacy of the Indispensable -- Administrative Duties of Clerical Offices in the Ba County Yamen -- The Jins of Ba County -- Clerical Agreement on Mutual Support and the Dispensation of Legal Case Assignments -- Case Fees and Three Fees Regulations -- Division of Case Jurisdiction -- District Runner Agreement on the Division of Cases.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 318 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0804737584 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Law, society, and culture in China".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "China Politics and government 1644-1912.".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog subject "352.14/0951 21".
- catalog subject "County officials and employees China History.".
- catalog subject "JS7352.A2 R44 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Illicit Bureaucrats -- Clerks -- Families, Friends, and Factions -- Runners -- Illicit Allies and the Magistrate's Men -- The Economics of Justice -- The Legitimacy of the Indispensable -- Administrative Duties of Clerical Offices in the Ba County Yamen -- The Jins of Ba County -- Clerical Agreement on Mutual Support and the Dispensation of Legal Case Assignments -- Case Fees and Three Fees Regulations -- Division of Case Jurisdiction -- District Runner Agreement on the Division of Cases.".
- catalog title "Talons and teeth : county clerks and runners in the Qing Dynasty / Bradly W. Reed.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".