The economic history of China : from antiquity to the nineteenth century /
Richard von Glahn, University of California, Los Angeles.
- xiv, 461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-447) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The bronze age economy (1045 to 707 b.c.e.) -- From city-state to autocratic monarchy (707 to 250 B.C.E.) -- Economic foundations of the universal empire (250 to 81 B.C.E.) -- Magnate society and the estate economy (81 B.C.E. to 485 C.E.) -- The Chinese-nomad synthesis and the reunification of the empire (485 to 755) -- Economic transformation in the Tang-Song transition (755 to 1127) -- The heyday of the Jiangnan economy (1127 to 1550) -- The maturation of the market economy (1550 to 1800) -- Domestic crises and global challenges : restructuring the imperial economy (1800 to 1900) -- Bibliography -- Index.