An exhaustive analysis of the Chinese state civilian granary system by a team of scholars
Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families on one of the largest migrations in the world
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
Explains through descriptive analysis why the economy of China did not grow more dramatically during the Ch’ing and Republican periods
Translates and comments on a body of Qing documents exemplifying the rhetorical complexity and diverse economic theories of their era
A detailed economic study of the transformation of Manchuria after 1860
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
An examination of the silk industry in Ch’ing 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