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Will, Pierre-Etienne, author.

Title Nourish the people : the state civilian granary system in China, 1650-1850 / Pierre-Etienne Will & R. Bin Wong.

Publication Info.

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1991.

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Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xxiv, 607 pages) : maps.
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Series	Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies ; no. 60
	Michigan monographs in Chinese studies ; no. 60.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Funding	Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities
Note	Information from the publisher.
Contents	Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Chinese Traditions of Grain Storage -- Part I: Development and Decline -- Introduction -- 2. Foundations of Success, 1650-1735 -- 3. The Grand Structure, 1736-1780 -- 4. Decline and Its Opposition, 1781-1850 -- Conclusion -- Part II: Structural Problems -- Introduction -- 5. Grain Preservation -- 6. Management -- 7. The Control Structure -- 8. Statistical Difficulties and Accounting Methods -- Part III: Spatial Patterns -- Introduction
	9. National Patterns of Granary Activity -- 10. North China: Shandong during the Qianlong Period -- 11. The Middle Yangzi: Hunan -- 12. The Southwest: Yunnan and Guizhou -- Conclusion -- Part IV: A Comparative Assessment -- 13. Qing Granaries and Late Imperial History -- 14. Qing Granaries and World History -- Appendix: Tables of Civilian Granary Holdings in Qing China, 1741-1856 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Subject	Grain trade -- Government policy -- China -- History.
	Granaries -- Government policy -- China -- History.
	Food supply -- Government policy -- China -- History.
	Agriculture and state -- China -- History.
	Grain -- China -- Commercial policy -- History.
	Céréales -- Chine -- Politique commerciale -- Histoire.
	Greniers (Entrepôts) -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine -- Histoire.
	Politique agricole -- Chine -- Histoire.
	Aliments -- Approvisionnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine -- Histoire.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
	Agriculture and state
	Food supply -- Government policy
	Grain trade -- Government policy
	Granaries -- Government policy
	China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
Genre/Form	History
Added Author	Wong, Roy Bin, author.
	Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.
Other Form:	Print version: Will, Pierre-Etienne. Nourish the People : The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850. Ann Arbor : Center for Chinese Studies Publications, ©1991 9780892640904
ISBN	9780472127863 (electronic book)
	0472127861
	9780472901821 (open access)
	0472901826
	9780892640911 (paper)
	9780892640904 (hardcover)
Standard No.	10.3998/mpub.19044 doi