Manchu pastoral economy

Author: Teng Shaofen
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: This book extensively covers historical materials on the nomadic economic development of the Manchu people, primarily including official documents from various dynasties, official histories, institutional records, local gazettes, archives, and private compilations, as well as the latest research findings of experts and scholars from around the world. The focus of the research is on the ethnic development characteristics of the Manchu pastoral economy: breeds of horses, environmentally adaptive breeding methods, the scale of development in different historical periods, the evolution from individual family breeding to state-owned pastures, the transition from foraging, hunting, and pastoral economy to agricultural economy, and the characteristics of the transitional economy. It also explores the influence of advanced agricultural economy in the Central Plains on the early pastoral economy of the Manchu people, the development of pastures during the Qing Dynasty, institutional management, reward and punishment systems, reasons for the decline of pastures, the economic benefits of the Qing court and the Eight Banners pastoral economy, and their relationship with the military and ethnic life during the Qing Dynasty.