The magistrate's tael : rationalizing fiscal reform in eighteenth-century Chʻing China / / Madeleine Zelin [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Zelin Madeleine
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1984
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 385 p. )
• Disciplina: 336.51
• Soggetto topico: Finance, Public - China - History; Fiscal policy - China - History; Finance, Public - China - History - 18th century; Fiscal policy - China - History - 18th century; Finance, Public - History - 18th century - China; Fiscal policy - History - 18th century - China; Political Science; Law, Politics & Government; Public Finance
• Soggetto geografico: China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 375-378.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The roots of fiscal instability -- The legacy of Late-Ming Fiscal Reform -- Bureaucratic solutions to structural problems -- 2. Informal networks of funding -- Revenue sharing in the Early Ch'ing -- The fiscal demands on local government -- The informal system of funding in the Early Ch'ing -- 3. The return of the meltage fee to the public coffers -- The attack on government deficits -- The reform of local fiscal administration: Huo-hao Kuei-kung -- 4. Fiscal rationalization and local adaptation -- Finding a model -- Suiting one's policies to the time and the place -- 5. Local variations and underlying principles -- Public-expense funds -- The allocation of Kung-fei -- Yang-lien -- Lou-kuei after the reforms -- 6. Obstacles to reform: Low-level corruption and the Kiangnan tax-clearance case -- Measures to control arrears -- The origins of the Kiangnan Ch'ing-ch'a -- The Ch'ing-ch'a begins -- Trouble within the ranks -- Subbureaucratic subversion -- The anatomy of tax corruption -- The final reckoning -- 7. Looking ahead: The breakdown o the Huo-Hao Kuei-Kung reforms -- The debate over Huo-Hao Kuei-Kung in the Early Ch'ien-lung Period -- The operation of Huo-Hao Kuei-Kung in the Ch'ien-lung Period -- Huo-Hao Kuei-Kung in the Chia-Ch'ing Period
• Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): MAGISTRATE'S TAEL: RATIONALIZING FISCAL REFORM IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CH'ING CHINA; MAGISTRATE'S TAEL
• Titolo autorizzato: The magistrate's tael
• ISBN: 0-585-25492-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910496142103321
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