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Li, Huaiyin

Village governance in North China, 1875-1936 Chinese title: 華北村治. Huaiyin Li - Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press 2005 - xii, 325 p. maps 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index.

"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 and practices."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 9780804750912

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Institutions -- Administration -- Civil -- Taxation--China--Huolu Xian