State Institutions, Local Society, and Historical Continuity: Ming Military Institutions from the Perspective of Historical Anthropology

Michael Szonyi and Zhao Shiyu

The Social Impact of Changing Patterns of Military Recruitment and Logistics in Yongzhou, Hunan

Wu Tao

Military Colonies and Localization in Yongchun, Fujian

Ma Wenrui and Zheng Zhenman

The Evolution of Temples in Jinxiang Guard and the Localization of State Institutions

Zhang Kan

State and Local Society in the Reform of the Garrison System in the Qing Dynasty: A Case Study of Yuzhou Guard

Deng Qingping

Where are the Western Aborigines?: Ningfan Guard and the Transformation of Local Society in Southwestern Sichuan in Ming and Qing

Long Sheng

The Green Shoots Crop Protection Associations of Taozhou, Gansu: Ming Identities/Qing Histories

Que Yue

The "Civilianization" of Military Colonies and the Reorganization of Military Households: Ningxi Battalion and the Reconstruction of Rural Order in South China in the Eighteenth Century

Xie Shi

Military Lineages and the Qing Tribute Grain System: The "Xie/Chen/Liao Barge" of Ganzhou Guard, Jiangxi

Rao Weixin

The Tribute Grain System, Military Colony Lands, and Transport Soldier Lineages in Ming and Qing: The Case of Huangzhou and Qizhou Garrisons of Eastern Hubei

Xu Bin

Appendices:

I. Ming and Qing reign periods

II Ming weights and measures

III Glossary and character list

References

About the Author

Michael Szonyi is Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University.

Shiyu Zhao is Professor of History at Peking University.

Joel Wing-Lun (translator) is a doctoral student at Harvard University.

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