Bureaucracy and famine in eighteenth-century China / Pierre-Etienne Will ; translated from the French by Elborg Forster
1990, 1st edition. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #389130
ISBN: 0804717338
Physical description: xii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes Translation of: Bureaucratie et famine en Chine au 18e siècle.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-341) and index. Contents: Notes on famine in China. Preliminary considerations on natural calamities -- The problem of vagrancy -- Social unrest -- Famine and landlordism -- Bureaucratic organization. Investigating famine -- Providing relief -- Supplies : the example of 1743-1744 -- Controlling prices -- Strengthening and rebuilding production -- Conclusions and perspectives. Introductory remarks -- The evolution of the state's economic means -- Geographical distribution of famine relief -- Recapitulation -- "Return allocations" paid in twnety-three of the twenty-seven disaster stricken counties of Zhili, 1743-1744 -- Testimony and countertestimony collected on Peking Vagrants, 1743 -- Tax exemption rates under the Ming and Qing -- Replanting aid in fourteen of the sixteen "totally ruined" counties of Zhili -- Selected examples of important anti-famine operations, 1742-1823. Subjects: 1700-1799: Famines China; History 18th century; Food relief China History 18th century; Bureaucracy; China History 18th century; 1575 history of Asia; Bureaucracy.
Famines; Food relief; China; China History Qing dynasty; 1644-1912; Hebei Sheng (China) Economic conditions 18th century; China Population 18th century; Food supply Shortages History.
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