Village governance in North China, 1875-1936 - Li, Huaiyin; ProQuest (Firm) (Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2005)
Introduction -- The setting -- Cooperation and control in the peasant community : the Xiangdi system -- Rules, self interest, and strategies : disputes over the Xiangdi service -- Village regulations at work : tax collection -- Land and tax administration -- Power, discourse, and legitimacy : the village head office in dispute -- Cooperation and conflict over village schools -- Elite activism -- Villages reorganization -- Uncovering the "black land".
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Land value taxation -- China -- Huolu Xian; Huolu Xian (China) -- Politics and government; Electronic books