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 Chinese Economic History up to 1949 (2 vols)

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xviii)   (147K)
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    • Table Of Contents
    • Editor’s Acknowledgements
    • Introduction
  • Numbers And Units In Chinese Economic History (1-9) by Lien-Sheng Yang   (228K)
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    • Notes
  • The Economic Basis Of Unity And Division In Chinese History (10-15) by Ch’Ao-Ting Chi   (89K)
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    • Notes
  • China’s Economic Development In Historical Perspective (16-20) by Samuel P. S. Ho   (82K)
  • Demographic, Political, And Social Transformations Of China, 750–1550 (21-79) by Robert M. Hartwell   (4M)
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    • Intraregional Development
    • Interregional Settlement
    • The Formal Organization Of Government
    • The Transformation Of The Political Elite
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix I: Note On Population
    • Appendix II: List Of Place Names
  • Famine’s Foes In Ch’ing China (80-106) by R. Bin Wong and Peter C. Perdue   (527K)
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    • The Relief Campaign In Eighteenth-Century Chihli
    • Famine Relief In Other Times And Places
    • Debates Over Relief Policies
    • Private Versus Bureaucratic Relief
    • Famine Relief In Western Europe
    • Appendix A: Selected Bibliography Of Famine Relief Manuals
    • Notes
  • Economic Conditions In China: A Brief Survey, January To June, 1932 (107-111) by Chen Han-Seng   (80K)
  • Economic Disintegration In China (112-118) by Chen Han-Seng   (101K)
  • Economic Dualism: The Case Of China 1840–1937 (119-136) by Chi-Ming Hou   (238K)
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    • Notes
  • The Burdens Of The Chinese Peasantry (137-153) by Chen Han-Seng   (164K)
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    • Foreign Debts
    • Domestic Public Loans
    • Compulsory Loans
    • Subsidiary Coins
    • Paper Notes
    • Land Tax
    • Transfer Tax
    • Opium Cultivation Tax
    • Salt Tax
    • Kerosene Tax
    • Taxation On Agricultural Products And Implements
    • Transit Duty
    • Business Tax
    • Blackmail And Pressgangs
  • Kueichou: An Internal Chinese Colony (154-160) by J. E. Spencer   (117K)
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    • Notes
  • Mountain Economy In Szechuan (161-170) by C.-Y. Hsiang   (141K)
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    • Notes
  • The Good Earth Of China’s Model Province (171-178) by Chen Han-Seng   (123K)
  • Notes On China’s Unused Uplands (179-186) by Pierre Gourou   (129K)
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    • Notes
  • Rural Bankruptcy In China (187-198) by Leonard T.K. Wu   (165K)
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  • Merchant Capital And Usury Capital In Rural China (199-207) by Leonard T.K. Wu   (136K)
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  • Rural Cooperatives In China (208-222) by Paul C. Hsu   (170K)
  • Government As An Obstacle To Industrialization: The Case Of Nineteenth-Century China (223-235) by Dwight H. Perkins   (146K)
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    • Chinese Commerce: Attitudes Versus Economics
    • Commerce And Industry
    • Government Policy Toward Industrialization
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Handicraft And Manufactured Cotton Textiles In China, 1871–1910 (236-266) by Albert Feuerwerker   (325K)
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    • Handicraft Textiles, Imported Cotton Goods, And Domestic Manufactures
    • Cotton Yarn Production And Consumption For An Average Year In The Two Decades 1871–1880 And 1901–1910
    • Cotton Cloth Production And Consumption For An Average Year In The Two Decades 1871–1880 And 1901–1910
    • Which Of The Alternative Estimates Is Most Likely To Represent Historical Reality?
    • What Happened To China’s Handicraft Textile Industry Between 1871–1880 And 1901–1910?
    • Notes
  • The Crisis In The Chinese Cotton Industry (267-272) by Leonard T.K. Wu   (107K)
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    • Japanese Factories Superior To Chinese
    • Government Aid Sought By Chinese
    • Chinese Mills Forced To Move
    • Chronic Depression And Its Causes
  • The Chinese Cotton Industry Under Wartime Inflation (273-282) by Rockwood Q.P. Chin   (135K)
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    • Notes
  • Jingdezhen As A Ming Industrial Center (283-290) by Michael Dillon   (271K)
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    • Imperial Orders
    • Raw Materials
    • Manufacturing Techniques
    • Management Of The Industry
    • Labor
    • Transport
    • Marketing And Finance
    • Export Trade
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • Place Names
  • The Hopei Pottery Industry And The Problem Of Modernisation (291-308) by J. B. Tayler   (641K)
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    • I. Characteristics Of The Traditional Industry, As Seen Mainly At P’Eng Ch’Eng.
    • II. Modernization Int’Ang Shan
    • III. Conclusions
    • Notes
  • Industrial Development Of Mainland China, 1912–1949 (309-329) by John K. Chang   (258K)
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    • The Data
    • An Index Of Industrial Production
    • Rate And Pattern Of Development
    • An Appraisal Of China’s Industrialization
    • Notes
  • Rural Reconstruction In China (330-340) by Leonard S. Hsü   (145K)
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    • Notes
  • The Role Of Rural Industries In Under-Developed Areas (341-350) by Joseph E. Stepanek and Charles H. Prien   (132K)
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    • Notes
  • The Rise Of Land Tax And The Fall Of Dynasties In Chinese Histories (351-367) by Wang Yü-Ch’üan   (201K)
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    • Notes
  • An Analysis Of The Land Tax Burden In China, 1650–1865 (368-386) by Ts’ui-Jung Liu and John C. H. Fei   (484K)
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    • Introduction
    • Basic Features Of The Land Tax System During Ch'ing Times
    • A Theoretical Analysis Of The Land Tax Burden
    • Identification Of Parameters
    • Empirical Analysis Of Tax Burden
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix
    • Notes
  • Buddhist Monasteries And Four Money-Raising Institutions In Chinese History (387-398) by Lien-Sheng Yang   (405K)
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    • Notes
  • China’s Postwar Finances (399-412) by Frank M. Tamagna   (170K)
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    • China’s Wholesale Prices
    • China’s Indices By Categories Of Goods As Of 1943 Or 1944
    • Currency In Circulation In China 1937–1944
    • Notes
  • Financial Problems In China’s War And Postwar Economy (413-426) by Frank M. Tamagna   (175K)
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    • Notes
  • The Financial Stability Of The Nanking Government (427-437) by Kate Mitchell   (154K)
  • Hsin Chuang: A Study Of Chinese Village Finance (438-458) by Sidney D. Gamble   (427K)
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    • Notes
  • The Salt Merchants Of Yang-Chou: A Study Of Commercial Capitalism In Eighteenth-Century China (459-486)   (589K)
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    • I
    • II
    • III
    • Notes
  • The Wool Trade Of North China (487-493) by A. H. Rasmussen   (110K)
  • Notes On The Early Ch’Ing Copper Trade With Japan (494-506) by John Hall   (366K)
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    • Notes
  • The Merchant Network In 16th Century China (507-539) by Timothy Brook   (423K)
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    • I. Introduction: The Place Of Commerce In Ming Society
    • II. Translation: “On Merchants”
    • III. Appendix Places Mentioned In “Shanggu Ji”
    • Bibliography Of Modern Sources
    • Acknowledgements
    • Notes
  • Transport And Marketing In The Development Of The Jingdezhen Porcelain Industry During The Ming And Qing Dynasties (540-552) by Michael Dillon   (169K)
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    • Notes
  • Japan’s Economic Relations With China (553-570) by Roy Hidemichi Akagi   (199K)
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    • Japan’s Investments And Loans
    • Sino-Japanese Trade Relations
    • Japan’s Economic Interests And Home Industries
    • Population And Food Supply
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Japanese Penetration In Southernmost China (571-579) by Chen Han-Seng   (139K)
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  • The Sino-Japanese Currency War (580-588) by D. K. Lieu   (138K)
  • Men, Money And Land (589-590) by Owen Lattimore   (54K)
  • North China In A Japanese Economic Bloc (591-602) by Russell G. Shiman   (164K)
  • Economic Co-operation Of Japan And China In Manchuria And Mongolia (603-611) by Yosuke Matsuoka   (124K)
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    • Internationalism In Manchuria And Mongolia
    • Russo-Japanese War And Manchuria
    • Past And Present Or Manchuria
    • Japan And Manchuria
    • Economic Co-operation Of Japan And China
  • Manchuria As Japan’s Economic Life-Line (612-618) by John R. Stewart   (119K)
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  • Four Years Of Manchoukuo (619-629) by John R. Stewart   (150K)
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  • Manchukuo’s New Economic Policy (630-639) by Nagaharu Yasuo   (151K)
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    • Notes
  • Manchuria: An Industrial Survey (640-653) by Andrew J. Grajdanzev   (183K)
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    • Notes
  • History Of The Chinese Eastern Railway (654-670) by Liang Chia-Pin   (210K)
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    • I. During The Czarist Regime
    • II. Since The European War
    • III. Recent Efforts Toward Recovery
  • Index (671-676)   (57K)