The art of being governed : everyday politics in late imperial China / Michael Szonyi.
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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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. A Father Loses Three Sons to the Army : Everyday Politics in Ming China
- Part I. In the Village. 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
- Part II. In the Guard. An Officer in Cahoots with Pirates : Coastal Garrisons and Maritime Smuggling
- An Officer Founds a School : New Social Relations in the Guards
- Part III. In the Military Colony. 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
- Part IV. After the Ming. A God Becomes an Ancestor : Post-Ming Legacies of the Military System
- Conclusion.