White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates : Crisis and Reform in the Qing Empire / Wensheng Wang.
Wang, Wensheng, author.
2014
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Title White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates : Crisis and Reform in the Qing Empire / Wensheng Wang.
Author Wang, Wensheng, author.
ISBN 9780674726611
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726611
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (347 p.) : 3 maps
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674726611 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification 951/.033
Summary The reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820 CE) has occupied an awkward position in studies of China's last dynasty, the Qing. Conveniently marking a watershed between the prosperous eighteenth century and the tragic post-Opium War era, this quarter century has nevertheless been glossed over as an unremarkable interlude separating two well-studied epochs of transformation. White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates presents a major reassessment of this period by examining how the emperors, bureaucrats, and foreigners responded to the two crises that shaped the transition from the Qianlong to the Jiaqing reign. Wensheng Wang argues that the dramatic combination of internal uprising and transnational piracy, rather than being a hallmark of inexorable dynastic decline, propelled the Manchu court to reorganize itself through modifications in policymaking and bureaucratic structure. The resulting Jiaqing reforms initiated a process of state retreat that pulled the Qing Empire out of a cycle of aggressive overextension and resistance, and back onto a more sustainable track of development. Although this pragmatic striving for political sustainability was unable to save the dynasty from ultimate collapse, it represented a durable and constructive approach to the compounding problems facing the late Qing regime and helped sustain it for another century.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
I Contextualizing Crises
II A View from the Bottom
III A View from the Top
Conclusion
Abbreviations and Primary Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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