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Speaking of profit : Bao Shichen and reform in nineteenth-century China / William T. Rowe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowe, William T., author.
- Series:
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 109.
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 109
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bao, Shichen, 1775-1855.
- Bao, Shichen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Asia Center : Harvard University Press, [2018]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The end of the prosperous age
- Orientations
- Governance
- Farming
- Grain
- Salt
- Money
- Speaking of profit.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-68417-093-1
- OCLC:
- 1153474890
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684170937 DOI
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