@Book{894932969,
author="Rowe, William T.",
title="Speaking of profit: Bao Shichen and reform in nineteenth-century China",
series="Monograph series / Harvard-Yenching Institute 109",
year="2018",
publisher="Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, distributed by Harvard University Press",
address="Cambridge (Massachusetts)",
keywords="Reformers; China; History; 19th century; Economic conditions; Politics and government; 1795-1861; 1644-1912",
abstract="``The Qing Empire faced a crisis in the nineteenth century of corruption, population pressure, food shortages, ecological and infrastructural decay, rebellion, and a foreign threat from the West. This study uses the literati reformer Bao Shichen as a prism to understand contemporary perceptions of and proposed solutions to this crisis''--Provided by publisher",
note="William T. Rowe",
note="Includes bibliographical references and index",
isbn="9780674983809",
language="English"
}