The Magistrate's Tael: Rationalizing Fiscal Reform in Eighteenth Century Ch'Ing China

Zelin, Madeleine

ISBN 10: 0520049306 / ISBN 13: 9780520049307

Published by University of California Press, 1984

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Magistrate's Tael: Rationalizing Fiscal Reform in Eighteenth Century Ch'Ing China
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520049306
• ISBN 13: 9780520049307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Madeleine Zelin shatters the image of China as a backward empire wracked by corruption and economic stagnation, thrust into the modern world when the western gunboats arrived in the 1840s, by providing an account of the indigenous evolution of the Chinese state. The Magistrate's Tael makes it possible to judge the impact of the West on modern China's development.

About the Author

Madeleine Zelin is Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.