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245 10 a| Uncertainty in the empire of routine :b| the administrative revolution of the eighteenth-century Qing state /c| Maura D. Dykstra.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue: Qing History / Qing Archive -- Introduction -- Part I Building the Empire of Routine -- Early Qing Legal Institutions -- Beyond Fact -- Imperial Routines in the Local Archive -- Part II After the Unexpected Administrative Revolution -- Ruling the Empire of Routine -- When the Problem Is the Solution;

520 a| "This book uncovers the administrative revolution of the eighteenth-century Qing state. It begins in the mid-seventeenth century with what seemed, at the time, like straightforward policies to clean up the bureaucracy: a regulation about deadlines here, a requirement about reporting standards there. Over the course of a hundred years, the central court continued to demand more information from the provinces about local administrative activities. By the middle of the eighteenth century, unprecedented amounts of data about local offices throughout the empire existed. The result of this information coup was a growing discourse of crisis and decline. Gathering data to ensure that officials were doing their jobs properly, it turned out, repeatedly exposed new issues requiring new forms of scrutiny. Slowly but surely, the thicket of imperial routines and standards binding together local offices, provincial superiors, and central ministries shifted the very epistemological foundations of the state. A vicious cycle arose whereby reporting protocols implemented to solve problems uncovered more problems, necessitating the collection of more information. At the very moment that the Qing knew more about itself than ever before, the central court became certain that it had entered an age of decline"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Uncertainty in the empire of routine : the administrative revolution of the eighteenth-century Qing state / Maura D. Dykstra.

Author/creator	Dykstra, Maura D. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2022.
Description	pages cm.
Subjects	Local government--China. --History. --17th century. Local government--China. --History. --18th century. Government information--China. --History. --17th century. Government information--China. --History. --18th century. China--History. --Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. China--Politics and government. --1644-1912.

Series	Harvard East Asian monographs Harvard East Asian monographs 52. ^A21267
Contents	Prologue: Qing History / Qing Archive -- Introduction -- Part I Building the Empire of Routine -- Early Qing Legal Institutions -- Beyond Fact -- Imperial Routines in the Local Archive -- Part II After the Unexpected Administrative Revolution -- Ruling the Empire of Routine -- When the Problem Is the Solution
Abstract	"This book uncovers the administrative revolution of the eighteenth-century Qing state. It begins in the mid-seventeenth century with what seemed, at the time, like straightforward policies to clean up the bureaucracy: a regulation about deadlines here, a requirement about reporting standards there. Over the course of a hundred years, the central court continued to demand more information from the provinces about local administrative activities. By the middle of the eighteenth century, unprecedented amounts of data about local offices throughout the empire existed. The result of this information coup was a growing discourse of crisis and decline. Gathering data to ensure that officials were doing their jobs properly, it turned out, repeatedly exposed new issues requiring new forms of scrutiny. Slowly but surely, the thicket of imperial routines and standards binding together local offices, provincial superiors, and central ministries shifted the very epistemological foundations of the state. A vicious cycle arose whereby reporting protocols implemented to solve problems uncovered more problems, necessitating the collection of more information. At the very moment that the Qing knew more about itself than ever before, the central court became certain that it had entered an age of decline"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2022003064
ISBN	9780674270954
ISBN	0674270959

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