Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-06915-0
Ph.D.
History
Columbia University
2017
During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) in Nanbu County, land was not only measured in quantitative dimensions, but also assessed through cosmological principles. These understandings of land often framed property claims while shaping rural geographies in the county under study. Drawing on 700 cases from the Nanbu Archive, this dissertation makes two related claims.
Asian History; Law; Environmental Studies
Social sciences;Health and environmental sciences;Cartography;China;Chinese law;Fengshui;Modern Chinese history;Muslims;Nanbu county