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Speaking of Profit : Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth-Century China
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Speaking of Profit : Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth-Century China / William T. Rowe
ISBN
9781684170937
9780674983809
Publication
Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2018.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Summary
"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.
Variant and related titles
Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth-Century China
Harvard University Asia center eBook collection.
Other formats
Print version: Speaking of Profit : Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth-Century China, Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2018
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 21, 2021
Series
Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 109
Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The end of the prosperous age
Orientations
Governance
Farming
Grain
Salt
Money
Speaking of profit.
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