{"product_id":"conflict-community-and-the-state-quinn-javers-9780367140809","title":"Conflict, Community, and the State in Late Imperial Sichuan: Making Local Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring local practices of dispute resolution and laying bare the routine role of violence in the late-Qing dynasty, \u003ci\u003eConflict, Community, and the State in Late Imperial Sichuan\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the significance of everyday violence in ordering, disciplining, and building communities.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 often petty disputes found in these records reveals the existence of a local system of authority that disciplined and maintained daily life. Often relying on violence, this local justice system occasionally intersected with the state's justice system, but was not dependent on it.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThis study demonstrates the importance of informal, local authority to our understanding of justice in the late Qing era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a non-elite perspective on Qing power, law, justice, and the role of the state, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese and Asian history, as well as legal history and comparative studies of violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quinn Javers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367140802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367140809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Quinn Javers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086497624319,"sku":"9780367140809","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1802274-5789-49db-8be0-f9e494b2a7f6.jpg?v=1769095011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conflict-community-and-the-state-quinn-javers-9780367140809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}