Chinese history in economic perspective / edited by Thomas G. Rawski and Lillian M. Li.

Based on papers and discussion from the Workshop and Conference on Economic Methods for Chinese Historical Research held in Honolulu, Hawaii in Jan. 1987 and Oracle, Arizona in Jan. 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Weights and Measures -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction: Chinese History in Economic Perspective -- Pt. I. Price Behavior -- 1. Secular Trends of Rice Prices in the Yangzi Delta, 1638-1935 -- 2. Grain Prices in Zhili Province, 1736-1911: Preliminary Study -- 3. The Qing State and the Gansu Grain Market, 1739-1864 -- 4. Grain Markets and Food Supplies in Eighteenth-Century Hunan -- 5. Infanticide and Family Planning in Late Imperial China: The Price and Population History of Rural Liaoning 1774-1873 -- Pt. 2. Market Response -- 6. Land Concentration and Income Distribution in Republican China -- 7. Farming, Sericulture, and Peasant Rationality in Wuxi County in the Early Twentieth Century -- 8. Women's Work in the Ningbo Area, 1900-1936 -- 9. Native-Place Hierarchy and Labor Market Segmentation: The Case of Subei People in Shanghai -- 10. Local Interest Story: Political Power and Regional Differences in the Shandong Capital Market, 1900-1937 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

"The essays assembled here represent a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. Previous work has emphasized the institutional and social bases of economic change. These studies break new ground, bringing Western economic theory to the study of China's economy since the seventeenth century."--Publisher description.

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