Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850
The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system’s social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.
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Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850
The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system’s social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.
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Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850

Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850

Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850

Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850

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The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system’s social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780892640911
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 01/01/1991
Series: Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies , #60
Pages: 638
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Pierre-Etienne WILL is Directeur d'études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
R. Bin WONG is Distinguished Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles.
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