Thornton, Patricia M. <br/><br/>
Disciplining the State  Virtue, Violence and State-Making in Modern China 
Thornton, Patricia M. 
 - Cambridge  Harvard University Press  2007  2007 
 - IX, 247 p. 
 - Harvard East Asian Monographs .
<br/><br/>Includes index and bibliography 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674025042 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politics -- State building -- Republican Era<br/>Politics -- State Building -- Qing<br/>Politics -- State Building -- Communist Era<br/>History -- Politics -- Modern Era<br/>Politics -- Corruption -- Republican Era<br/>Politics -- Corruption -- Communist Era