Joseph P. Mcdermott

The Making of a New Rural Order in South China

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 845g
• ISBN-13: 9781107048515
• ISBN-10: 1107048516
• Artikelnr.: 57119047

Autorenporträt

Joseph P. McDermott is a Fellow of St John's College, University of Cambridge and has published and lectured widely on the social and economic history of pre-modern China. His recent books include The Making of a New Rural Order in South China, Volume 1 (Cambridge, 2013) and A Social History of the Chinese Book (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Ming markets and Huizhou merchants
2. Ancestral halls and credit: building, investing, and lending
3. The working world of Huizhou merchants, travel and trade, problems and resolutions
4. Huizhou merchants and their financial institutions
5. Huizhou merchants and commercial partnerships
6. Huizhou house firms: the binds of kinship and commerce
Conclusion.