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Nourish the people : the state civilian granary system in China, 1650-1850 / Pierre-Etienne Will & R. Bin Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Will, Pierre-Etienne.
- Series:
- Michigan monographs in Chinese studies ; no. 60.
- Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies ; no. 60
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grain trade--Government policy--China--History.
- Grain trade.
- Granaries--Government policy--China--History.
- Granaries.
- Food supply--Government policy--China--History.
- Food supply.
- Agriculture and state--China--History.
- Agriculture and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 607 p.) : maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system's social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472127863
- 0472127861
- 9780892640904
- 0892640901
- OCLC:
- 1184509163
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