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