Central Government Silver Treasury: Revenue, Expenditure and Inventory Statistics, Ca. 1667-1899

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-30732-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12/01, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Global Economic History Series / The Quantitative Economic History of China

The Silver Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue was the most important central government store in the Qing dynasty. It held all capital funds submitted to Beijing by provinces and was responsible for the release of all central government expenditures. This book is mainly based on Qing archives pertaining to the Silver Treasury, notably the Yellow Register copies of the Treasury, now held by the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. As it is the first monograph on the subject of the Silver Treasury to be published in English, as well as giving a brief introduction to the history of its successive management systems, it also presents comprehensive tables of monthly revenues/expenditures and yearend inventories for the period 1667 to 1899.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shi, Zhihong

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Hilfswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of graphs and tables
The reigns of the Qing dynasty
Chinese terminology

INTRODUCTION

Chapter One Central Government Silver Treasury
I Set-up and Evolution of the Three Stores
II Management of the Silver Treasury

Chapter Two Silver Treasury Registers and Their Copies
I Yellow Registers of the Silver Treasury
II Yellow Register Copies of the Silver Treasury
III The Use of Yellow Register Copies in this Book

Chapter Three Silver Treasury Revenues under Different Reigns
I Provisions to the Capital and Silver Treasury Revenues
II Silver Treasury Revenues from Kangxi to Daoguang: 1662-1850
III Silver Treasury Revenues under Xianfeng and Tongzhi: 1851-1874
IV Silver Treasury Revenues During Guangxu: 1875-1908

Chapter Four Silver Treasury Expenditures and Payment Surpluses/Deficits under Different Reigns
I From Kangxi to Daoguang
II Xianfeng – Tongzhi Period
III Guangxu Period

Chapter Five Inventory Changes of the Silver Treasury under Different Reigns
I From Kangxi to Daoguang
II Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu

References

Appendix Statistical Tables
I Aggregate Revenue/Expenditure and Surpluse/Deficit of the Silver Treasury
II Inventories of the Silver Treasury under Different Reigns

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

SHI Zhihong, gained his PhD from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1988. He is currently a Senior Researcher and Professor of Chinese Economic History at the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Professor SHI is the author of several monographs and many articles on China’s agricultural and financial history.