The Magistrate's Tael: Rationalizing Fiscal Reform in Eighteenth Century Ch'ing China

The Magistrate's Tael

Rationalizing Fiscal Reform in Eighteenth Century Ch'ing China

Madeleine Zelin

Suggested citation:
Zelin, Madeleine. The Magistrate's Tael: Rationalizing Fiscal Reform in Eighteenth Century Ch'ing China. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1984. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft4k4005k7/

Preface
Acknowledgments

1— The Roots of Fiscal Instability
2— Informal Networks of Funding
3— The Return of the Meltage Fee to the Public Coffers
4— Fiscal Rationalization and Local Adaptation
5— Local Variations and Underlying Principles
6— Obstacles to Reform: Low-Level Corruption and the Kiangnan Tax-Clearance Case
7— Looking Ahead: the Breakdown of the Huo-Hao Kuei-Kung Reforms
Conclusion

Notes
Note On Sources
Glossary
Bibliography

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