Seattle and London, University of Washington Press, 1967. 1 volume in-8, xiv-783 pp., paperback, black front cover and white back cover decorated by green Chinese characters, two name stamps on title pages, a small area of the top right hand corner of the front cover is creased, enriched with 34 tables, very good condition in general.
Contents: Part One: The Divisions of Rural Areas: 1. Villages, Markets, and Towns - 2. Administrative Divisions: Pao-chia and Li-chia - Part Two: Rural Control: 3. Police Control: The Pao-chia System - 4. Tax Collection in Rural Areas: The Li-chia System - 6. Famine Control: She-ts'ang and Other Granaries - Part Three: The Effects of Control - 7. The effects of Control on the Village - 8. The Clan and Rural Control - 9. Rural Recreation to Control; I - 10. Rural Recreation to Control; II - 11. Summary and Postscript - Appendix I - Appendix II - Appendix III - Notes - Table of Transliteration - Reigns and Emperors of the Ch'ing Dysnasty - Bibliography - Index.
University of Washinton Press, second printing , 1967, gr. in-8vo, 783 p., first paperback edition.
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