Landlord and Labor in Late Imperial China: Case Studies from Shandong

Description

Preliminary Material — Introduction — Notes on the Translation — Preface (1957) — Authors’ Note (1959) — Weights and Measures — The Development of the Regional Economy of Shandong During the Qing Period — The Development of Commercial and Handicraft Towns — The Commercialization of Agriculture — The Differentiation of the Peasantry — Micro Studies of the Managerial Landlord Economy in Shandong During the Qing Period — Field Data on Three Typical Managerial Landlords — Field Data on two Rentier Landlords — Field Data on 131 Managerial Landlords — Analysis of the Economic and Social Significance of the Managerial Landlords and Conclusions — Analysis of the Economic and Social Significance of the Managerial Landlords — Preliminary Conclusions — Appendixes — Class Structure of 197 Villages in 42 Districts of Shandong, c. 1900 — Economic Activities of 131 Managerial Landlords From 46 Districts of Shandong, c. 1900 — Conditions of Starting and Stopping Work and Sources of Income of Wage Laborers in 141 Villages in 47 Districts of Shandong, c. 1900 — Notes — Bibliography — Glossary — Index — Harvard East Asian Monographs.

• Author: Su Jing, Lun Luo
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
• Published: 1978
• Pages: 344
• ISBN-13: 9780674508668