Author: Feuerwerker, Albert
Title: State & Society in 18th-Century China: The Ch'ing Empire in its Glory
Description: Ann Arbor, Center for Chinese Studies, 1976. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, viii,120 pp, Series: University of Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies, Michigan Papers in Chinese Studies No. 27.. Textual charts. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: The Manchu Conquest: Nurhaci & the Formation of the Manchu State;The Fall of the Ming & the Manchu Conquest; Ideology as a Unifying Element: Confucian Raison d'Etat & Confucian General Will; Recorders, Critics, but not Innovators: Sung Learning & Han Learning; Imperial Confucianism & the Literary Inquisition; Emperor & Bureaucracy: The Political Order: Recruitment, Placement & Discipline of Government Personnel: The Roles of the Emperor; Selecting & Motivating the Bureaucracy; Structure & Process in the Ch'ing Government: The Stucture of the Ch'ing Government; Manchuria, Mongola, Turkestan & Tibet; Military Organization; The Process of Central Government; The Process of Local Government; Politics: Who Gets What, When, How. Economy & Society: The Ch' ing Economy: Agriculture; Handicraft Industry; Commerce; Government & the Economy; The Structure of Society: Spatial Organization; Family & School; The Social Elite.

Keywords: Ch'ing Dynasty, China, Government, Administration, Bureaucracy, Political History, , ,