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Beyond the pass : economy, ethnicity, and empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759-1864 / James A. Millward.

By: Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1998.Description: xxii, 353 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0804729336 (alk. paper)
  • 9780804729338 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Economy, ethnicity, and empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759-1864
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951/.6 21
LOC classification:
  • DS793.S62 M535 1998
Contents:
1. Landmarks. The Lay of the Land. The Historical Terrain. High Qing Xinjiang. The Jiayu Guan, Qing Expansion, and "China" Literati Dissent, Imperial Response. Justifying Empire at Home -- 2. Financing New Dominion. The Kazakh Trade. The Kazakhs and the "Tribute System," Planting the Frontier. Local Sources of Revenue. Merchant Loans and the Provisioning of the Qing Military. Xinjiang's Silver Lifeline. Yambus for the Maharajah? Two Metals, Three Currencies. Pul-Tael Exchange Rates and Cotton Cloth. Currency Troubles and Reform -- 3. Official Commerce and Commercial Taxation in the Far West. Xinjiang Military Deployment. Tea and the Beginnings of Official Commerce in Xinjiang. Formation of the Xinjiang Commissaries.
Summary: Beyond the Pass examines the fiscal and ethnic policies that underlay Qing imperial control over Xinjiang, a Central Asian region that now comprises the westernmost sixth of the People's Republic of China. By focusing on a region of the Qing empire beyond the borders of China proper, and by treating the empire not as a Chinese dynasty but in its broader context as an Inner Asian political entity, this innovative study fills a gap in Western-language historiography of late imperial China.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-342) and index.

1. Landmarks. The Lay of the Land. The Historical Terrain. High Qing Xinjiang. The Jiayu Guan, Qing Expansion, and "China" Literati Dissent, Imperial Response. Justifying Empire at Home -- 2. Financing New Dominion. The Kazakh Trade. The Kazakhs and the "Tribute System," Planting the Frontier. Local Sources of Revenue. Merchant Loans and the Provisioning of the Qing Military. Xinjiang's Silver Lifeline. Yambus for the Maharajah? Two Metals, Three Currencies. Pul-Tael Exchange Rates and Cotton Cloth. Currency Troubles and Reform -- 3. Official Commerce and Commercial Taxation in the Far West. Xinjiang Military Deployment. Tea and the Beginnings of Official Commerce in Xinjiang. Formation of the Xinjiang Commissaries.

Beyond the Pass examines the fiscal and ethnic policies that underlay Qing imperial control over Xinjiang, a Central Asian region that now comprises the westernmost sixth of the People's Republic of China. By focusing on a region of the Qing empire beyond the borders of China proper, and by treating the empire not as a Chinese dynasty but in its broader context as an Inner Asian political entity, this innovative study fills a gap in Western-language historiography of late imperial China.

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