TY - BOOK
T1 - Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850
AU - Oi, Jean
AU - Perdue, Peter
AU - Will, Pierre-Etienne
AU - Wong, Roy Bin
AU - Lee, James
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system’s social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.
AB - The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system’s social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.
UR - https://openalex.org/W4233529558
U2 - 10.3998/mpub.19044
DO - 10.3998/mpub.19044
M3 - Book
SN - 9780892640904
SN - 9780892640911
T3 - Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850
BT - Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650-1850
PB - University of Michigan Press
ER -