Extortion and exploitation in the Nguyen campaign against Catholicism in 1830s-1840s Vietnam. From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Ramsay, Jacob | COPYRIGHT 2004 Cambridge University Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Bribery and extortion, unremarkable features in imperial Vietnam, ensured a relative degree of stability between officials and communities. A timely transaction could neutralise the threat of severe punishment for an individual or, in some cases, enable a village to avoid full compliance with a deleterious bureaucratic measure. Such arrangements, however, rarely led to balanced results; the abuse of authority more often cancelled out benefits for communities in their dealings with ...

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