The Chinese Salt Administration under the Late Empire and Early Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23723987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S A M Adshead (University of Canterbury, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Pages | 321-358 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Salt and Civilization (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-21841-7_12 |
| OpenAlex | W2494244707 |
| ISBN | 9781349218417 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In the preceding chapters of Part II five salt administrations have been analysed with the conceptual tools developed by Chinese salt administrators. In conclusion we turn to China itself. Salt administration began in China. It had there a longer continuous history as a major institution of state than anywhere else. Only Venice could rival it in institutional elaboration. In intellectual sophistication, with its administrative handbooks, technical language and tradition of expert argument, it had no rival. It is for these reasons that China has provided us with our tools of analysis. For the same reasons, it is appropriate to conclude this part by an examination of the Chinese salt administration under the late empire and the early republic. For it was then, just before its eclipse under the People’s Republic, that the salt administration in China reached its greatest institutional elaboration, intellectual sophistication and overall historical significance.
Administration (probate law) · Ancient history · Empire · Political science · Salt (chemistry) · Chemistry · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · History · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |