Book contents
- The Making of a New Rural Order in South China
- The Making of a New Rural Order in South China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ming Markets and Huizhou Merchants
- 2 Ancestral Halls and Credit
- 3 The Working World of Huizhou Merchants
- 4 Huizhou Merchants and Their Financial Institutions
- 5 Huizhou Merchants and Commercial Partnerships
- 6 Huizhou House Firms
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2020
Book contents
- The Making of a New Rural Order in South China
- The Making of a New Rural Order in South China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ming Markets and Huizhou Merchants
- 2 Ancestral Halls and Credit
- 3 The Working World of Huizhou Merchants
- 4 Huizhou Merchants and Their Financial Institutions
- 5 Huizhou Merchants and Commercial Partnerships
- 6 Huizhou House Firms
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Introduction sets the broader socioeconomic and political setting for this volume’s analysis of the rise of the Huizhou merchants as a powerful economic force outside Huizhou during the second half of the Ming. It underlines the widespread sense of social disorder in villages and towns and political confusion at the court and in the provinces at a time also of increased tension along China’s borders.
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- The Making of a New Rural Order in South China , pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020