Customs Duties in the Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644-1911

Download or read book Customs Duties in the Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644-1911 written by Yuping Ni and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of customs duties reflects the development of the Qing fiscal system, especially in its transition from a rather traditional to a more modern economy. Mainly based on Qing archives, this book, the first research monograph on this subject in the English language, not only gives a brief introduction of each customs post’s transformation over time, but also provides the complete statistical data of each of these post over the Qing dynasty. Contributors are: Bas van Leeuwen, Bozhong Li, Maaten Duijvendak, Martin Uebele, Peter Foldvari, Yi Xu.