Speaking of Profit
Subtitle: Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth-Century China
Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center; Harvard University Asia Center; Harvard University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780674983809
Subjects: Reformers; China, history, 19th century; China, economic conditions; China, politics and government
Description: "The Qing Empire faced a crisis in the nineteenth century of corruption, population pressure, food shortages, ecological and infrastructural decay, rebellion, and a foreign threat from the West. This study uses the literati reformer Bao Shichen as a prism to understand contemporary perceptions of and proposed solutions to this crisis"--Provided by publisher.