Landlord and labor in late imperial China : case studies from Shandong / by Jing Su and Luo Lun ; translated from the Chinese with an introd. by Endymion Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jing, Su.

Luo, Lun, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 80.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 80

Standardized Title:

Qing dai Shandong jing ying di zhu de she hui xing zhi. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Farm tenancy--Economic aspects--China--Shandong--History.

Farm tenancy.

Peasants--China--Shandong Province--History.

Peasants.

Farm tenancy--Economic aspects.

History.

China--Shandong Sheng.

Shandong Province (China)--Rural conditions.

Shandong Province (China).

China.

Physical Description:

xiii, 310 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University : distributed by Harvard University Press, 1978.

Summary:

This well-documented study discusses the social and economic changes in Shandong province before the influence of the West was felt at the end of the nineteenth century. The authors show that by the sixteenth century, commercial and handicraft towns linked to national and local markets had already begun to emerge. Urban growth was made possible by increased agricultural production, which in turn stimulated specialization and increased commercialization in the agricultural sector. Another important change in rural society at this time was the emergence of a new stratum of wealthy landlords who managed their estates with wage labor. Case studies of managerial landlords, who form the main focus of this study, are included as well as generalizations drawn from questionnaire materials.

Notes:

Translation of Qing dai Shandong jing ying di zhu de she hui xing zhi.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 285-295.

ISBN:

0674508661

OCLC:

3845534