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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.
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“In the eighteenth century, tribute grain that was to be diverted for relief in Zhili was kept at the Bei cang (Will 1990, 154; Will and Wong 1991, 118, 133).”
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“retained an impressive state granary system”
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“In addition the Bei cang (Northern granary) at Tianjin stored tribute grain in transit to or intended for the Zhili provincial granaries. The Bei cang had been established in 1724 and had 48 buildings.”
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“effectively dispensed famine relief”
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“engaged in river control”
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- Will, P.-E., Wong, R., & Wong, R. B.
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- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Published
- 1991
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- 112
- References
- 53
- Language
- en
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