Stretching the Qing Bureaucracy in the 1826 Sea-transport Experiment / Jane Kate Leonard.
In a new study of the Qing government’s 1826 experiment in sea transport of government grain in response to the collapse of the Grand Canal (1825), Jane Kate Leonard highlights how the Daoguang Emperor, together with Yinghe, his chief fiscal adviser, and Qishan, Governor-General of Liangjiang, devis...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (205 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Sea Transport Chronology
- The Challenge of Innovation. The 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment
- Linqing and Grand Canal Conditions in Northern Jiangsu
- Imagination at the Center: The Daoguang Emperor and Yinghe
- The Deepening Crisis and Yinghe’s Second Memorial
- Qishan and Disaster Assessment in Jiangsu
- Stretching the Bureaucracy for Sea Transport
- Sea-Transport Regulations and Coastal Defense
- Nayancheng and Regulations for Zhili
- Bai Chun and Low-Level Grain Transfers and Storage in Zhili
- Conclusions
- Back Matter
- Glossary
- References
- Index.