UID:
almahu_9949703955902882
Format:
1 online resource (284 pages)
ISBN:
9789004255678
Series Statement:
Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900
Content:
In his book War Finance and Logistics in Late Imperial China , Ulrich Theobald shows how the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911) overcame the tyranny of logistics and successfully enlarged the territory of its empire. A detailed analysis of the long and expensive second Jinchuan war (1771 - 1776) in Eastern Tibet demonstrates that the Chinese state ordered its civilian officials as well as the common people, merchant associations, and different ethnic groups to fulfil and to foot the bill for the "common cause". With increasing military success the state gradually withdrew from its responsibilities, believing that a War Supply and Expenditure Code (Junxu zeli) might offset the decreasing skill in and readiness to imperial leadership.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- I. War Expenditure -- II. War Finance -- III. War Logistics -- Appendix 1: Names and Designations of Qing Emperors, and Remarks to the Calendar -- Appendix 2: List of Qing Period Wars -- Appendix 3: Weights and Measures -- Bibliography -- List of Chinese Characters -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Theobald, Ulrich War Finance and Logistics in Late Imperial China : A Study of the Second Jinchuan Campaign (1771-1776) Leiden : BRILL,c2013 ISBN 9789004253100
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
