Speaking of Profit Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth-Century China |
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| Author:
| Rowe, William T. |
| Series title: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-98380-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $70.95 |
Book Description:
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The Qing Empire in the early nineteenth century faced bureaucratic corruption, food shortages, infrastructure decay, domestic rebellion, adverse balances of trade, and a previously inconceivable foreign threat from the West. William T. Rowe uses literati reformer Bao Shichen as a prism to understand contemporary response to this general crisis.
The Qing Empire in the early nineteenth century faced bureaucratic corruption, food shortages, infrastructure decay, domestic rebellion, adverse balances of trade, and a previously inconceivable foreign threat from the West. William T. Rowe uses literati reformer Bao Shichen as a prism to understand contemporary response to this general crisis.