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In Stretching the Qing Bureaucracy, Jane Kate Leonard shows how the use of special ad hoc governing tools, such as recruitment (zhaoshang) of private organizations and the establishment of temporary bureaus (ju) enabled the Qing government to respond quickly and effectively to challenging problems to insure the survival of the dynasty.

The studies in this collection re-examine the role of the Qing state in the private economy. They show in a variety of cases how the interaction between the two helped the state achieve its goals of social stability and security while enhancing the prosperity of private economic interests.

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Money in Asia examines two chronic problems that faced early modern monetary economies in East, South, and Southeast Asia: The inability to provide sufficient amounts of small currencies to facilitate local economic transactions and to control currency depreciation.