Title Nourish the people : the state civilian granary system in China, 1650-1850 / Pierre-Etienne Will & R. Bin Wong

Published Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 607 pages) : maps Series Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies ; no. 60 Michigan monographs in Chinese studies ; no. 60. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities Information from the publisher Subject 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 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Agriculture and state Food supply -- Government policy Grain trade -- Government policy Granaries -- Government policy China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Wong, Roy Bin, author Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body. ISBN 9780472127863 0472127861 9780472901821 0472901826

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