Economics

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Nourish the People

The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650–1850

An exhaustive analysis of the Chinese state civilian granary system by a team of scholars

Swallows and Settlers

The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria

Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families on one of the largest migrations in the world

Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China

Handicraft, Modern Industry, and the State

Seven previously published but long out-of-print essays, and one new essay, explore traditional and modern manufacturing in Ming and Qing China and its relationship to the government

The Chinese Economy, 1870–1949

Explains through descriptive analysis why the economy of China did not grow more dramatically during the Ch’ing and Republican periods

Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age

A Documentary Study of Political Economy in Qing China, 1644–1840

Translates and comments on a body of Qing documents exemplifying the rhetorical complexity and diverse economic theories of their era

The Economic Development of Manchuria

The Rise of a Frontier Economy

A detailed economic study of the transformation of Manchuria after 1860

The Pawnshop in China

Translation of Yang Chao-yu’s Chung-kuo tien-tang yeh (1929), treating the pawnshop in late imperial and Republican times and covering such as aspects as exteriors, interiors, and fixtures, as well as business and management practices

Commerce and Society in Sung China

Studies the development of communications and transport in Sung and Yuan times, the formation of a nationwide market and the development of cities and markets during the Sung Dynasty, and the characteristics of commercial capital