<OL><LI>State Institutions, Local Society, and Historical Continuity: Ming Military Institutions from the Perspective of Historical Anthropology</LI><I><P>Michael Szonyi and Zhao Shiyu </P></I><P></P><P><LI>The Social Impact of Changing Patterns of Military Recruitment and Logistics in Yongzhou, Hunan</LI><P></P><I><P>Wu Tao</P></I><P></P><P><LI>Military Colonies and Localization in Yongchun, Fujian</LI><P></P><I><P>Ma Wenrui and Zheng Zhenman</P></I><P></P><P><LI>The Evolution of Temples in Jinxiang Guard and the Localization of State Institutions</LI><P></P><I><P>Zhang Kan</P><P></P></I><P><LI>State and Local Society in the Reform of the Garrison System in the Qing Dynasty: A Case Study of Yuzhou Guard</LI><P></P><I><P>Deng Qingping</P></I><P></P><P><LI>Where are the Western Aborigines?: Ningfan Guard and the Transformation of Local Society in Southwestern Sichuan in Ming and Qing </LI><P></P><I><P>Long Sheng</P></I><P></P><P><LI>The Green Shoots Crop Protection Associations of Taozhou, Gansu: Ming Identities/Qing Histories</LI><P></P><I><P>Que Yue</P></I><P></P><P><LI>The "Civilianization" of Military Colonies and the Reorganization of Military Households: Ningxi Battalion and the Reconstruction of Rural Order in South China in the Eighteenth Century</LI><P></P><I><P>Xie Shi</P><P></P></I><P><LI>Military Lineages and the Qing Tribute Grain System: The "Xie/Chen/Liao Barge" of Ganzhou Guard, Jiangxi</LI><P></P><I><P>Rao Weixin </I></P><P><LI>The Tribute Grain System, Military Colony Lands, and Transport Soldier Lineages in Ming and Qing: The Case of Huangzhou and Qizhou Garrisons of Eastern Hubei</LI></OL><P><I>Xu Bin</I></P><P>Appendices:</P><OL><P></P></OL><P>I. Ming and Qing reign periods</P><P>II Ming weights and measures</P><P>III Glossary and character list</P><OL><P></P></OL><P>References</P><P></P>