Customs duties in the Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644-1911 / by Ni Yuping.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuping, Ni, author.

Series:

Global economic history series. Quantitative economic history of China ; Volume 13.

Global Economic History Series. The Quantitative Economic History of China, 2405-870X ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

The history of customs duties reflects the development of the Qing fiscal system, especially in its transition from a rather traditional to a more modern economy. Mainly based on Qing archives, this book, the first research monograph on this subject in the English language, not only gives a brief introduction of each customs post’s transformation over time, but also provides the complete statistical data of each of these post over the Qing dynasty. Contributors are: Bas van Leeuwen, Bozhong Li, Maaten Duijvendak, Martin Uebele, Peter Foldvari, Yi Xu.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Research Approach

2 The System of Customs Duties under the Qing Dynasty

3 Land Border Customs

4 Grand Canal and Yangtze River Customs

5 Coastal Customs

6 Yangguan

7 Customs Duties and the Economy

8 Conclusion

Postscript

Appendix A – Customs Revenues Collected at Changguan, 1723–1910

Appendix B – Customs Revenue Data for Yuhei Guan, 1723–1911

Appendix C – Customs Revenues Collected at Yangguan, 1844–1910

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 17, 2016).

ISBN:

90-04-32488-7

OCLC:

962452433

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004324886 DOI