Exile in Mid-Qing China

Exile in Mid-Qing China
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Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 0300048270
ISBN-13 : 9780300048278
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Download or read book Exile in Mid-Qing China written by Joanna Waley-Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banishment to Zinjiang ranked second in severity only to death in Qing law. Initiated immediately upon the addition of that Central Asian frontier to the Chinese empire, it became a vital element of both the legal system and the project of colonizing the new frontier. In this book Joanna Waley-Cohen traces the establishment and inital years of the system, showing how the Qing government worked in the decades before dynastic decline took firm hold, exploring the role of banishment in Chinese mainstream and frontier society, and evaluating the system in the context of state expansion, political conflict, and the criminal justice system.


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