Title After the Prosperous Age State and Elites in Early Nineteenth Century Suzhou

Published Boston : BRILL, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (0 p.) Series Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser Contents Intro -- After the Prosperous Age: State and Elites in Early Nineteenth- Century Suzhou -- Contents -- List of Maps and Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: FROM STATE ACTIVISM TO ELITE ACTIVISM -- 1. The Ascendant Elite Activism in Local Public Works -- 2. "Civilians Donate and Th ey Manage": Elite Activism in Hydraulic Works in Suzhou -- 3. Fighting Famine: The Rise of "Civilian- Led Famine Relief" -- PART II: CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ELITE ACTIVISM -- 4. The Shrine of Local Worthies and the Changing Patterns of the Enshrinement 5. Shrine, Images, and Power: The Worship of Former Worthies in Early Nineteenth- Century Suzhou -- 6. State Control of Local Gazetteers and Private Local Literature -- 7. Bandit or Hero? Memories of Zhang Shicheng in Late Imperial and Republican Suzhou -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Number and Provenance of Eminent Officials and Local Worthies, 1726-1874 -- Character List -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series Summary "By analyzing the social and cultural interplay between state power and local elites of Suzhou, a city renowned for its economic prosperity and local pride, from the eighteenth to the early nineteenth century, this illuminates the significance of this period in the reformulation of state-elite relations marked by elite public activism and the dissolution of centralized cultural order"--Provided by publisher Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity -- China -- Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) Provincial governments -- China -- History -- 18th century Provincial governments -- China -- History -- 19th century Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity Provincial governments China China -- Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781684170852 1684170850

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