Author: Anton Chekhov
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 1847496865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 'The Death of a Civil Servant', an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories included in this volume, 'A Calculated Marriage', 'The Culprit', 'The Exclamation Mark', 'The Speech-Maker', 'Who Is to Blame?' and 'A Defenceless Creature' are in the same absurdly comical vein. This short collection shows Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at the greed, sycophancy and ignorance of his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life ; The Government Clerks
Author: Honoré de Balzac
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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North Carolina Clerk of Superior Court Procedures Manual
Author: Joan G. Brannon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781560114291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1662
Book Description
A complete set of the manuals used by North Carolina Superior Court Clerks and their staff. Volume One includes an overview of the clerk¿s office and sets out the law and practice applicable to criminal and civil courtroom procedures and child support procedures before the clerk. Volume Two covers estates, adjudication of incompetence, guardianships, trusts, and special proceedings.
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ISBN: 9781560114291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1662
Book Description
A complete set of the manuals used by North Carolina Superior Court Clerks and their staff. Volume One includes an overview of the clerk¿s office and sets out the law and practice applicable to criminal and civil courtroom procedures and child support procedures before the clerk. Volume Two covers estates, adjudication of incompetence, guardianships, trusts, and special proceedings.
The Three Clerks
Author: Anthony Trollope
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Salries of Clerks of U.S. District Courts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Talons and Teeth
Author: Bradly W. Reed
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804779953
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the lowest level of functionaries in the Qing state's administrative hierarchy. Yet until now we have known very little about these critically important persons beyond the caricatured portrayals of corruption and venality left by Qing high officials and elites. Drawing from the rich archival records of Ba county, Sichuan, the author challenges the simplicity of these portrayals by taking us inside the county yamen to provide the first detailed look at local administrative practice from the perspective of those who actually carried it out. Who were the county clerks and runners? How were they recruited, organized, disciplined, and rewarded? What was the economic basis for a career in the yamen? How did clerks and runners view themselves as well as legitimize their role in Qing government? And what impact did their interests and practices have on symbolically laden elements of imperial government such as the magistrate's court? In addressing these questions, the author traverses the disjuncture between statutory regulations and the realities of daily administrative practice, uncovering a realm of informal, semiautonomous, yet highly structured and even rationalized procedures. Although frequently in violation of formal law, this extra-statutory system nevertheless remained an irreducible component of local government under the Qing. Recognizing the centrality of such informal practice to yamen administration forces us to rethink not only traditional assumptions concerning local corruption in the Qing, but also the ways in which we conceptualize the boundaries between state and society in late imperial China.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804779953
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the lowest level of functionaries in the Qing state's administrative hierarchy. Yet until now we have known very little about these critically important persons beyond the caricatured portrayals of corruption and venality left by Qing high officials and elites. Drawing from the rich archival records of Ba county, Sichuan, the author challenges the simplicity of these portrayals by taking us inside the county yamen to provide the first detailed look at local administrative practice from the perspective of those who actually carried it out. Who were the county clerks and runners? How were they recruited, organized, disciplined, and rewarded? What was the economic basis for a career in the yamen? How did clerks and runners view themselves as well as legitimize their role in Qing government? And what impact did their interests and practices have on symbolically laden elements of imperial government such as the magistrate's court? In addressing these questions, the author traverses the disjuncture between statutory regulations and the realities of daily administrative practice, uncovering a realm of informal, semiautonomous, yet highly structured and even rationalized procedures. Although frequently in violation of formal law, this extra-statutory system nevertheless remained an irreducible component of local government under the Qing. Recognizing the centrality of such informal practice to yamen administration forces us to rethink not only traditional assumptions concerning local corruption in the Qing, but also the ways in which we conceptualize the boundaries between state and society in late imperial China.
Intermediaries, Interpreters, and Clerks
Author: Benjamin N. Lawrance
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299219505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting in his autobiography that “a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African.” Africans in the lower echelons of colonial bureaucracy often held positions of little official authority, but in practice these positions were lynchpins of colonial rule. As the primary intermediaries among European colonial officials, African chiefs, and subject populations, these civil servants could manipulate the intersections of power, authority, and knowledge at the center of colonial society. By uncovering the role of such men (and a few women) in the construction, function, and legal apparatus of colonial states, the essays in this volume highlight a new perspective. They offer important insights on hegemony, collaboration, and resistance, structures and changes in colonial rule, the role of language and education, the production of knowledge and expertise in colonial settings, and the impact of colonization in dividing African societies by gender, race, status, and class.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299219505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting in his autobiography that “a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African.” Africans in the lower echelons of colonial bureaucracy often held positions of little official authority, but in practice these positions were lynchpins of colonial rule. As the primary intermediaries among European colonial officials, African chiefs, and subject populations, these civil servants could manipulate the intersections of power, authority, and knowledge at the center of colonial society. By uncovering the role of such men (and a few women) in the construction, function, and legal apparatus of colonial states, the essays in this volume highlight a new perspective. They offer important insights on hegemony, collaboration, and resistance, structures and changes in colonial rule, the role of language and education, the production of knowledge and expertise in colonial settings, and the impact of colonization in dividing African societies by gender, race, status, and class.
The Government Accountant
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Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Union Postal Clerk
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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The Sneeze
Author: Michael Frayn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350013447
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama. First published in 1989, this reissue includes The Sneeze; The Alien Corn; The Bear; The Evils of Tobacco; The Inspector-General; Swan Song; The Prospect, and Plots. Michael Frayn's translations of Chekhov's work marry the expertise of the translator with the innate understanding of a master dramatist and are widely regarded as the truest, most authentic renderings of Chekhov's work: 'His keen imaginative sympathy with the great Russian dramatist extends beyond translation . . . But translation is an art at which he excels.' Spectator
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350013447
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama. First published in 1989, this reissue includes The Sneeze; The Alien Corn; The Bear; The Evils of Tobacco; The Inspector-General; Swan Song; The Prospect, and Plots. Michael Frayn's translations of Chekhov's work marry the expertise of the translator with the innate understanding of a master dramatist and are widely regarded as the truest, most authentic renderings of Chekhov's work: 'His keen imaginative sympathy with the great Russian dramatist extends beyond translation . . . But translation is an art at which he excels.' Spectator
19 Year-wise SBI Clerk Prelim & Mains Previous Year Solved Papers (2023 - 2009) 5th Edition
Author: Disha Experts
Publisher: Disha Publications
ISBN: 8119181441
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The updated 5th edition of the book 19 SBI Clerk Preliminary & Mains Previous Year-wise Solved Papers (2023 - 2009) consists of the detailed solutions of the past 12 Year papers of SBI Clerk Prelim & Main Exams. # The book covers 7 SBI Clerk Prelim Papers held in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 and 12 Mains Papers held between 2023 - 2009. # The detailed solutions to all the papers are provided in the book. # The book will help you understand the pattern & level of difficulty of questions. # These Solved Papers can also be attempted as Mock tests.
Publisher: Disha Publications
ISBN: 8119181441
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The updated 5th edition of the book 19 SBI Clerk Preliminary & Mains Previous Year-wise Solved Papers (2023 - 2009) consists of the detailed solutions of the past 12 Year papers of SBI Clerk Prelim & Main Exams. # The book covers 7 SBI Clerk Prelim Papers held in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 and 12 Mains Papers held between 2023 - 2009. # The detailed solutions to all the papers are provided in the book. # The book will help you understand the pattern & level of difficulty of questions. # These Solved Papers can also be attempted as Mock tests.