virtue, violence, and state-making in modern China Thornton, Patricia M. creator text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass Harvard University Asia Center Distributed by Harvard University Press 2007 monographic eng

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ix, 247 p. ; 247 cm. Introduction -- Virtue and venality in the Qing -- Localist critiques of corruption and virtue -- Political corruption and the nationalist state -- Local communities and political corruption during the Nanjing decade -- Political corruption and the Maoist state -- Local variations in the "big four cleans" -- Conclusion : the moral language of state-making. Patricia M. Thornton. Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index. a-cc--- Political corruption China History China Politics and government JQ1510 .T48 2007 320.951 9780674025042 (cl : alk. paper) 0674025040 (cl : alk. paper) 2006038683 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038683.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038683.html DLC 061120 20221006162114.0 14640183