Speaking of profit : Bao Shichen and reform in nineteenth-century China / William T. Rowe.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2018.

©2018

x, 220 pages ; 24 cm.

"The Qing Empire faced a crisis in the nineteenth century of corruption, population pressure, food shortages, ecological and infrastructural decay, rebellion, and a foreign threat from the West. This study uses the literati reformer Bao Shichen as a prism to understand contemporary perceptions of and proposed solutions to this crisis"--Provided by publisher.

English

March 19, 2018

Includes bibliographical references and index.