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.

Contributor:

Luo, Lun.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 80.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 80

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Farm tenancy.

Peasants--China--Shandong Sheng--History.

Peasants.

Shandong Sheng (China)--Rural conditions.

Shandong Sheng (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1978.

Other Title:

Case Studies from Shandong

Qing dai Shandong ying jing zhu di de shehui xingzhi. Anglais.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 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.Luo Lun and Jing Su wrote this book while they were young researchers at Shandong University in the late 1950s, using data they had gathered in the culturally relaxed period of the Hundred Flowers. In his introduction, Endymion Wilkinson analyzes the authors' thesis and concludes that their Leninist model is inapplicable to premodern Chinese history. The value of this study lies not so much in its conclusion that even without the impact of Western imperialism China would of itself have developed a capitalist society, but rather in the wealth of data the authors present, in this first in-depth study of a relatively advanced region in north China.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

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

Bibliography: p. 285-295.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-211-X

OCLC:

655354574

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172115 DOI