Title: The Fund Raising for Local "New Government" in Zhejiang Province during the Late Qing Dynasty
Abstract: In the late Qing Dynasty a wide range of fund-raising activities were carried out in every province for implementation of local new government and policy.With varieties of the tax source and diversity of tax-collectors,those activities cause reorganizations of the local authority structure.In Zhejiang Province the fund-raising was used for local education and police force.Its source of income included various contributions and some official subsidies.Until the end of the Qing Dynasty,the whole activity did not form a complete specification of payments.A study on such an event can help us examine social influences of New Policy in the late Qing in a more geographical detail.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-03-30
Language: en
Type: article
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