LEADER 03449nam 2200613 450 001 9910464467803321 005 20211009010514.0 010 $a0-674-72799-1 010 $a0-674-72661-8 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726611 035 $a(CKB)3710000000081479 035 $a(EBL)3301377 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001083920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11687185 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001083920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11021533 035 $a(PQKB)11172831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301377 035 $a(DE-B1597)213468 035 $a(OCoLC)867050080 035 $a(OCoLC)979723258 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301377 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10823660 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000081479 100 $a20140118d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhite Lotus rebels and South China pirates $ecrisis and reform in the Qing empire /$fWensheng Wang 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts ;$aLondon, England :$cHarvard University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-674-72531-X 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tI Contextualizing Crises --$tII A View from the Bottom --$tIII A View from the Top --$tConclusion --$tAbbreviations and Primary Sources --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aThe reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820 CE) has occupied an awkward position in studies of China's last dynasty, the Qing. Conveniently marking a watershed between the prosperous eighteenth century and the tragic post-Opium War era, this quarter century has nevertheless been glossed over as an unremarkable interlude separating two well-studied epochs of transformation. White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates presents a major reassessment of this period by examining how the emperors, bureaucrats, and foreigners responded to the two crises that shaped the transition from the Qianlong to the Jiaqing reign. Wensheng Wang argues that the dramatic combination of internal uprising and transnational piracy, rather than being a hallmark of inexorable dynastic decline, propelled the Manchu court to reorganize itself through modifications in policymaking and bureaucratic structure. The resulting Jiaqing reforms initiated a process of state retreat that pulled the Qing Empire out of a cycle of aggressive overextension and resistance, and back onto a more sustainable track of development. Although this pragmatic striving for political sustainability was unable to save the dynasty from ultimate collapse, it represented a durable and constructive approach to the compounding problems facing the late Qing regime and helped sustain it for another century. 606 $aPiracy$zSouth China Sea$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y19th century 607 $aChina$xHistory$yJiaqing, 1796-1820 607 $aChina$xHistory$yWhite Lotus Rebellion, 1796-1804 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPiracy$xHistory 676 $a951/.033 700 $aWang$b Wensheng$f1976-$01031552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464467803321 996 $aWhite Lotus rebels and South China pirates$92448951 997 $aUNINA