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Search - Qing Governors and Their Provinces: The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China, 1644-1796 (A China Program Book)

Qing Governors and Their Provinces The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China 16441796 - A China Program Book
Author: R. Kent Guy

During the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the province emerged as an important element in the management of the expanding Chinese empire, with governors -- those in charge of these increasingly influential administrative units -- playing key roles. R. Kent Guy's comprehensive study of this shift concentrates on the governorship system during the reig... more »ns of the Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong emperors, who ruled China from 1644 to 1736.--In the preceding Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the responsibilities of provincial officials were ill-defined and often shifting; Qing governors, in contrast, were influential members of a formal administrative hierarchy and enjoyed the support of the central government, including access to resources. These increasingly powerful officials extended the court's influence into even the most distant territories of the Qing empire.--Both masters of the routine processes of administration and troubleshooters for the central government, Qing governors were economic and political administrators who played crucial roles in the management of a larger and more complex empire than the Chinese had ever known. Administrative concerns varied from region to region: Henan was dominated by the great Yellow River, which flowed through the province; the Shandong governor dealt with the exchange of goods, ideas, and officials along the Grand Canal; in Zhili, relations between civilians and bannermen in the strategically significant coastal plain were key; and in northwestern Shanxi, governors dealt with border issues. --Qing Governors and Their Provinces uses the records of governors' appointments and the laws and practices that shaped them to reconstruct the development of the office of provincial governor and to examine the histories of governors' appointments in each province. Interwoven throughout is colorful detail drawn from the governors' biographies.--R. Kent Guy is professor of history at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Emperor's Four Treasuries: Scholars and the State in the Late Qianlong Period and coeditor of Limits of the Rule of Law in China.--"This extremely important, solid, carefully researched, highly intelligent, and well-informed work is a much-needed contribution to the field of late imperial Chinese history, and has implications as well for China's subsequent and current history." -William T. Rowe, Johns Hopkins University--"The range of this book is astounding. Guy's findings are significant both for deep historical understanding of his period of focus as well as for implications for the present day. This will be required reading, not only for scholars of the early and middle Qing period but also for those who seek historical background." -Beatrice Bartlett, Yale University

ISBN-13: 9780295990187
ISBN-10: 029599018X
Publication Date: 7/15/2010
Pages: 512
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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History >> Ancient Civilizations >> China
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