After the Prosperous Age : State and Elites in Early Nineteenth Century Suzhou / Seunghyun Han.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Han, Seunghyun, 1970- author.

Series:

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 101.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004407077.

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 101

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity--China--Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng).

Elite (Social sciences).

Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity.

Provincial governments.

History.

China--Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng).

Provincial governments--China--History--18th century.

Provincial governments--China--History--19th century.

Intellectual life.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

State and Elites in Early Nineteenth Century Suzhou

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I From State Activism to Elite Activism

1 The Ascendant Elite Activism in Local Public Works 23

2 "Civilians Donate and They Manage": Elite Activism in Hydraulic Works in Suzhou 50

3 Fighting Famine: The Rise of "Civilian-Led Famine Relief" 75

Part II Cultural Manifestations of Elite Activism

4 The Shrine of Local Worthies and the Changing Patterns of the Enshrinement 105

5 Shrine, Images, and Power: The Worship of Former Worthies in Early Nineteenth-Century Suzhou 123

6 State Control of Local Gazetteers and Private Local Literature 145

7 Bandit or Hero? Memories of Zhang Shicheng in Late Imperial and Republican Suzhou 170.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: After the Prosperous Age : State and Elites in Early Nineteenth Century Suzhou,

ISBN:

9781684170852

9780674737174

OCLC:

999606473

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170852 DOI

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