Talons and Teeth: County Clerks and Runners in the Qing Dynasty

by Bradly Reed

For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the lowest level of functionaries in the Qing state's administrative hierarchy. Yet until now we have known very little about these critically important persons beyond the caricatured portrayals of corruption and venality left by Qing high officials and elites.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804737584
• ISBN13: 9780804737586
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"