Stretching the Qing bureaucracy in the 1826 sea-transport experiment
In: Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 volume 12
In: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353268
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Sea Transport Chronology -- The Challenge of Innovation. The 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment -- Linqing and Grand Canal Conditions in Northern Jiangsu -- Imagination at the Center: The Daoguang Emperor and Yinghe -- The Deepening Crisis and Yinghe's Second Memorial -- Qishan and Disaster Assessment in Jiangsu -- Stretching the Bureaucracy for Sea Transport -- Sea-Transport Regulations and Coastal Defense -- Nayancheng and Regulations for Zhili -- Bai Chun and Low-Level Grain Transfers and Storage in Zhili -- Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
