Nourish the People
Subtitle: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650–1850
Contributors: Bin Wong, R.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2020
Number of pages: 634
Subjects: International economics
Description: 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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