Stretching the Qing Bureaucracy in the 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment

ISBN-13: 9789004384576 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 194 str.

Jane Kate Leonard

Opis

In Stretching the Qing Bureaucracy, Jane Kate Leonard shows how the use of special ad hoc governing tools, such as recruitment (zhaoshang) of private organizations and the establishment of temporary bureaus (ju) enabled the Qing government to respond quickly and effectively to challenging problems to insure the survival of the dynasty.