Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 431 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 431 g
Reihe: Monies, Markets, and Finance i
ISBN: 978-90-04-38457-6
Verlag: Brill
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- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Sea Transport Chronology
Introduction: The Challenge of Innovation. The 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment
1 The 1825 Grand Canal Crisis
2 Tricks of the Trade
1 Linqing and Grand Canal Conditions in Northern Jiangsu
1 Junction Conservancy Work, 1737–1765
2 Protecting the Junction, 1770–1784
3 Last Ditch Efforts to Shield the Junction, 1796–1826
4 Qishan and the Pound Lock, 1827
5 Conclusions
2 Imagination at the Center: The Daoguang Emperor and Yinghe
1 The Daoguang Emperor Launches the Sea-Transport Initiative
2 Yinghe (1771–1839): Principal Architect of the Sea-Transport Plan
3 Yinghe’s First Memorial on the Comprehensive Grain-Transport Plan
4 The Significance of Yinghe’s First Memorial
3 The Deepening Crisis and Yinghe’s Second Memorial
1 The Emperor’s Response
2 The Deepening Crisis at the Junction
3 Intensification of Imperial Crisis Management and Yinghe’s Second Memorial
4 The Challenge of Commutation
5 Conclusions
4 Qishan and Disaster Assessment in Jiangsu
1 Qishan’s Mission
2 Investigation in the Sixth Month (5.6.1–5.6.22)
3 Qishan’s Assessment of the “General Situation”
4 Qishan’s Approach to Sea Transport
5 Conclusions
5 Stretching the Bureaucracy for Sea Transport
1 Administrative Obstacles to the Sea-Transport Experiment
2 Obstacles to Recruitment
3 Qishan and the ad hoc Planning Cadre
4 Tao Zhu’s Special Mission to Shanghai
5 Xiong Yutai’s Advice on Recruitment
6 Conclusions
6 Sea-Transport Regulations and Coastal Defense
1 Sea-Transport Regulations
2 Coastal Defense
3 Redrawing the Northeast Coastal Map
4 The Route
5 Conclusions
7 Nayancheng and Regulations for Zhili
1 Governor-General Nayancheng
2 Yinghe and the First Board of Revenue Memorial
3 Nayancheng and Zhili Grain-Management Realities
4 Lighterage
5 Storage Logistics
6 The Performance of Low-Level Grain-Handing Tasks in Zhili
7 Calculating the Costs Down to the Last 1/100,000th of a Tael
8 Conclusions
8 Bai Chun and Low-Level Grain Transfers and Storage in Zhili
1 The Role of Sub- and Extra-Bureaucratic Granary Personnel
2 Grain Brokerage
3 Brokers and the Inspection of Steamy Rice (zhengzhao)
4 The Broker’s Role in Grain Transfers
5 The Broker’s Role in Escorting Lighterage Fleets
6 Cart Haulage from Tongzhou to the Beijing Granaries
7 Essential Equipment for Grain Transfers
8 Terms, Conditions, and Pay for Lighterage Boatmen
9 Loose Ends
10 Conclusions
Conclusions
Glossary
References
Index