Village and Bureaucracy in Southern Sung China (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226560601)

In imperial China, workers drawn from the local populace performed many of the basic functions of local administration. Standing between the rulers and the ruled, these men mediated in both directions. McKnight's study concentrates on the nature of this village-level subbureaucratic activity in the Sung period; it sheds new light on the emergence of early Chinese society while providing a background against which to assess social changes during later dynasties.

Author: Brian E. McKnight
ISBN-10: 0226560600
ISBN-13: 9780226560601
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/1983
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.33h x 5.29w x 0.55d