Joseph P. McDermott (University of Cambridge)

The Making of a New Rural Order in South China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is written for anyone interested in Chinese history, Chinese business, banking, family structure, and local society over two crucial centuries in the making of modern China. It reveals how some Chinese families acquired and retained great wealth and power over the Chinese economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9781107658615
• ISBN-10: 1107658616
• Artikelnr.: 64360582

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.