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The last guardian of the throne: the regional army in the late Qing dynasty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2020

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Linan Peng*
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Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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Abstract

This paper investigates the organizational structure of the Xiang Army, one of the best-known regional armies in the late Qing dynasty. The army developed an organizational form to overcome problems that plagued the imperial army of the central government, namely, the poor recruitment and training of soldiers, the lack of incentives to fight in battles, and the coordination failure. This organizational structure, I argue, played a central role in the rise of the Xiang Army in the Qing dynasty.

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Military institutionQing dynastyregional armyN40N45

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Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 321 - 337
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Copyright © Millennium Economics Ltd 2020

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