Administration manuals in imperial China : conclusions and comparisons

General introduction : manuals, work tools, staff stratification and administrative culture in the late imperial period

The advent of a bureaucratic culture : the Zuoyi zizhen of 1117

The Roman administrative experience. The end of aristocratic amateurism and the birth of a Nomenklatura

Administrators and administration in Mesopotamia

Nothing escapes the net of Heaven : society and justice in a collection of court cases from the late Ming period

The training and work of a Manchu administrator in the ^19th century, as seen through the professional biography of Shengyin (1762-1834)

Becoming a finance administrator in the ^18th century : a Franco-German comparison

Well-tempered punishments. The shenxing motto in manuals for civil servants

Conclusions