%0 Book
%T Speaking of profit: Bao Shichen and reform in nineteenth-century China
%A Rowe, William T.
%S Monograph series / Harvard-Yenching Institute 109
%D 2018
%I Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, distributed by Harvard University Press
%C Cambridge (Massachusetts)
%@ 9780674983809
%G English
%F 894932969
%O William T. Rowe
%O Includes bibliographical references and index
%X "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
%L 951/.033092
%K Reformers
%K China
%K History
%K 19th century
%K Economic conditions
%K Politics and government
%K 1795-1861
%K 1644-1912
%9 Text