Nourish the people : the state civilian granary system in China, 1650-1850

Nourish the people : the state civilian granary system in China, 1650-1850 /

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Other authors / contributors: Will, Pierre-Etienne (Author), Wong, Roy Bin (Author)
Imprint: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1991.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Grain trade > Government policy > China > History.
Granaries > Government policy > China > History.
Food supply > Government policy > China > History.
Agriculture and state > China > History.
Grain > China > Commercial policy > History.
Series:Michigan monographs in Chinese studies ; no. 60.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Maps
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Chinese Traditions of Grain Storage
  • Part I: Development and Decline
  • Introduction
  • 2. Foundations of Success, 1650-1735
  • 3. The Grand Structure, 1736-1780
  • 4. Decline and Its Opposition, 1781-1850
  • Conclusion
  • Part II: Structural Problems
  • Introduction
  • 5. Grain Preservation
  • 6. Management
  • 7. The Control Structure
  • 8. Statistical Difficulties and Accounting Methods
  • Part III: Spatial Patterns
  • Introduction
  • 9. National Patterns of Granary Activity
  • 10. North China: Shandong during the Qianlong Period
  • 11. The Middle Yangzi: Hunan
  • 12. The Southwest: Yunnan and Guizhou
  • Conclusion
  • Part IV: A Comparative Assessment
  • 13. Qing Granaries and Late Imperial History
  • 14. Qing Granaries and World History
  • Appendix: Tables of Civilian Granary Holdings in Qing China, 1741-1856
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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