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Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China. By Robert J Antony. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2016. 308 pp. $65.00, £50.00 (cloth).

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Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China. By Robert J Antony. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2016. 308 pp. $65.00, £50.00 (cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

Steven B. Miles
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Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 , Volume 2 , Special Issue 2: Perspectives on Environmental History in China , July 2018 , pp. 443 - 446
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