Central Government Silver Treasury: Revenue, Expenditure and Inventory Statistics, ca. 1667-1899 (Global Economic History / The Quantitative Economic History of China, 12/01) - Hardcover

Shi, Zhihong

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 900430732X ISBN 13: 9789004307322

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2016

Synopsis

The Silver Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue was the most important central government store in the Qing dynasty. It held all capital funds submitted to Beijing by provinces and was responsible for the release of all central government expenditures. This book is mainly based on Qing archives pertaining to the Silver Treasury, notably the Yellow Register copies of the Treasury, now held by the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. As it is the first monograph on the subject of the Silver Treasury to be published in English, as well as giving a brief introduction to the history of its successive management systems, it also presents comprehensive tables of monthly revenues/expenditures and yearend inventories for the period 1667 to 1899.

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About the Author:

SHI Zhihong, gained his PhD from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1988. He is currently a Senior Researcher and Professor of Chinese Economic History at the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Professor SHI is the author of several monographs and many articles on China’s agricultural and financial history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 900430732X
• ISBN 13: 9789004307322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280