Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine : : The Administrative Revolution of the Eighteenth-Century Qing State / / Maura Dykstra.

"This book uncovers the administrative revolution of the eighteenth-century Qing state. It begins in the mid-seventeenth century with what seemed, at the time, like straightforward policies to clean up the bureaucracy: a regulation about deadlines here, a requirement about reporting standards t...

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian monographs, ; 452
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Place / Publishing House:[Place of publication not identified] : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs : ; 452.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxv, 262 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Qing History / Qing Archive
  • Introduction
  • Part I Building the Empire of Routine
  • Early Qing Legal Institutions
  • Beyond Fact
  • Imperial Routines in the Local Archive
  • Part II After the Administrative Revolution
  • Ruling the Empire of Routine
  • When the Problem Is the Solution.