Law and Local Society in Late Imperial China: Northern Taiwan in the Nineteenth Century

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Law and Local Society in Late Imperial China

Northern Taiwan in the Nineteenth Century

Mark A. Allee

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1994
360 pages.
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Hardcover ISBN: 9780804722728

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"This remarkable study breaks new ground to describe and analyze how Taiwan's legal system worked at the community level. It will be an important reference for understanding how Taiwan society evolved under late imperial rule."

—China Quarterly

"With fascinating accounts of facts and law, Allee draws a tantalizing sketch of riches for future researchers."

—Journal of Asian History