Thomas G Nimick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5840776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas G Nimick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas G |
| FAMILY NAME | Nimick |
| SIGNATURE | NIMICK T G |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Military Academy, New York, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
When a Judge Becomes More than a Judge
In the Ming, prefectural, judges always had some administrative duties beyond the hearing of cases. As is revealed in a late-Ming handbook for prefectural judges, by the end of the Ming period those additional duties had expanded beyond prefectural boundaries and in many cases had led to prefectural judges serving as assistants to the regional inspector in the evaluation of local and regional officials. This paper traces the development of the ro…
Ming Biography is Now a Sharper Lens
Using sample biographical sketches of officials in the Ming, this paper illustrates the extent to which new tools for biographical research can yield much richer detail about individuals and the circumstances in which they lived. It also shows how biographical details can help solve bibliographical puzzles. The new tools include reprinted texts, indexed collections, and texts in searchable databases. The paper draws examples from the founding of …
The Selection of Local Officials Through Recommendations In Fifteenth-century China
Case Files From the Sichuan Provincial Administration Commission, With Annotated Index
INTRODUCTION It has long been known that individual pages from earlier archives survived in various collections, but the existence of complete case files is less well known. The two collections discussed here have the appearance of isolated pages bound together, but when sorted together they represent a rare collection of case files from a Ming dynasty provincial archive. This brief description and annotated index are designed to make the content…
A Twisted Tale of Love and Treachery in a Small County in Ming Times
Sometime between 1589 and 1592, Magistrate Ma Rulin of Chao County (Chao Xian) was alerted that a woman in the small county had betrayed her husband and had attempted to have him killed by framing him with a murder charge. Magistrate Ma took immediate action. As the local magistrate, who was personally responsible for all happenings in his county, it was his job not only to set the matter straight and prosecute the woman, but also to uphold the e…
The Placement of Local Magistrates in Ming China
Late Imperial China - Volume 20, Number 2, December 1999
Ch'i Chi-Kuang and I-Wu County
The famous general Ch'i Chi-kuang led troops from Chekiang's I-wu County in the campaigns against Japanese pirates on the southeast coast between 1561 and 1567. The way in which that army was recruited and the impact of that recruitment on the local area exemplify the extent to which developments in local society could shape regional and national events, and the extent to which the actions of centrally appointed officials could affect local socie…
Ch'i Chi-Kuang and I-Wu County
The famous general Ch'i Chi-kuang led troops from Chekiang's I-wu County in the campaigns against Japanese pirates on the southeast coast between 1561 and 1567. The way in which that army was recruited and the impact of that recruitment on the local area exemplify the extent to which developments in local society could shape regional and national events, and the extent to which the actions of centrally appointed officials could affect local socie…
Ch'i Chi-Kuang and I-Wu County
The famous general Ch'i Chi-kuang led troops from Chekiang's I-wu County in the campaigns against Japanese pirates on the southeast coast between 1561 and 1567. The way in which that army was recruited and the impact of that recruitment on the local area exemplify the extent to which developments in local society could shape regional and national events, and the extent to which the actions of centrally appointed officials could affect local socie…
The Placement of Local Magistrates in Ming China
Late Imperial China - Volume 20, Number 2, December 1999
A Twisted Tale of Love and Treachery in a Small County in Ming Times
Sometime between 1589 and 1592, Magistrate Ma Rulin of Chao County (Chao Xian) was alerted that a woman in the small county had betrayed her husband and had attempted to have him killed by framing him with a murder charge. Magistrate Ma took immediate action. As the local magistrate, who was personally responsible for all happenings in his county, it was his job not only to set the matter straight and prosecute the woman, but also to uphold the e…
Case Files From the Sichuan Provincial Administration Commission, With Annotated Index
INTRODUCTION It has long been known that individual pages from earlier archives survived in various collections, but the existence of complete case files is less well known. The two collections discussed here have the appearance of isolated pages bound together, but when sorted together they represent a rare collection of case files from a Ming dynasty provincial archive. This brief description and annotated index are designed to make the content…
The Selection of Local Officials Through Recommendations In Fifteenth-century China
Ming Biography is Now a Sharper Lens
Using sample biographical sketches of officials in the Ming, this paper illustrates the extent to which new tools for biographical research can yield much richer detail about individuals and the circumstances in which they lived. It also shows how biographical details can help solve bibliographical puzzles. The new tools include reprinted texts, indexed collections, and texts in searchable databases. The paper draws examples from the founding of …
When a Judge Becomes More than a Judge
In the Ming, prefectural, judges always had some administrative duties beyond the hearing of cases. As is revealed in a late-Ming handbook for prefectural judges, by the end of the Ming period those additional duties had expanded beyond prefectural boundaries and in many cases had led to prefectural judges serving as assistants to the regional inspector in the evaluation of local and regional officials. This paper traces the development of the ro…
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