Research Catalog

Title

Qing governors and their provinces : the evolution of territorial administration in China, 1644-1796 / R. Kent Guy.

Author

Guy, R. Kent, 1948-

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2010.

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Details

Description

xii, 445 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"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 reigns of the Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong emperors, who ruled China from 1644 to 1796. 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. Both masters of the routine processes of administration and troubleshooters for the central government, Qing governors played crucial roles in the economic and political management of a larger and more complex empire than the Chinese had ever known. These increasingly powerful officials extended the court's influence into even the most distant territories of the Qing empire. 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 are colorful details drawn from the governors' biographies."--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

China Program book

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books
• China Program book

Subject

• 1600-1912
• 1600-talet
• 1700-talet
• Governors > China > History > 17th century
• Governors > China > History > 18th century
• Chinese provinces > History > 17th century
• China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• China > Politics and government > 1644-1912
• China > Territories and possessions > Politics and government > 17th century
• China > Territories and possessions > Politics and government > 18th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. The burdens of history : pre-Qing territorial government -- The Qing creation of the province -- The conundrum of competence -- The power of the unexpected -- The imperatives of continuity -- pt. 2. The legacy of military occupation : the north and the northwest -- Negotiated orders : the Lower Yangzi Valley and the southeastern coast -- Regions into provinces : the Middle Yangzi and Lingnan -- Communications and provincial government in southwest China -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Chinese glossary.

ISBN

• 9780295990187 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 029599018X (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780295990194 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0295990198 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010001806

OCLC

• 489001606
• SCSB-12099439

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library