The Magistrate's Tael: Rationalizing Fiscal Reform in Eighteenth Century Ch'Ing China - Brossura

Zelin, Madeleine

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ISBN 10: 0520078985 ISBN 13: 9780520078987

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1992

Riassunto

Madeleine Zelin shatters the image of China as a backward empire wracked by corruption and economic stagnation, thrust into the modern world when the western gunboats arrived in the 1840s, by providing an account of the indigenous evolution of the Chinese state. The Magistrate's Tael makes it possible to judge the impact of the West on modern China's development.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Madeleine Zelin is Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Dalla quarta di copertina

"An extraordinary feat: the best institutional study based on archives ever to have been done in the China field. It will set the standard for a generation of researchers."—Philip A. Kuhn, Harvard University

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"An extraordinary feat: the best institutional study based on archives ever to have been done in the China field. It will set the standard for a generation of researchers."—Philip A. Kuhn, Harvard University

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0520078985
• ISBN 13: 9780520078987
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 403
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile