D. ESTIMATES OF “GHOST ACREAGE” PROVIDED BY VARIOUS IMPORTS TO LATE EIGHTEENTH- AND EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION. COMPARISONS, CONNECTIONS, AND NARRATIVES OF EUROPEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1
5. PART ONE: A WORLD OF SURPRISING RESEMBLANCES
6. ONE. EUROPE BEFORE ASIA? POPULATION, CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, AND TECHNOLOGY IN EXPLANATIONS OF EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT 31
7. TWO. MARKET ECONOMIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA 69
8. PART TWO: FROM NEW ETHOS TO NEW ECONOMY? CONSUMPTION, INVESTMENT, AND CAPITALISM
9. INTRODUCTION 111
10. THREE. LUXURY CONSUMPTION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM 114
11. FOUR. VISIBLE HANDS: FIRM STRUCTURE, SOCIOPOLITICAL STRUCTURE, AND “CAPITALISM” IN EUROPE AND ASIA 166
12. PART THREE: BEYOND SMITH AND MALTHUS: FROM ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS TO SUSTAINED INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
13. FIVE. SHARED CONSTRAINTS: ECOLOGICAL STRAIN IN WESTERN EUROPE AND EAST ASIA 211
14. SIX. ABOLISHING THE LAND CONSTRAINT: THE AMERICAS AS A NEW KIND OF PERIPHERY 264
15. A. COMPARATIVE ESTIMATES OF LAND TRANSPORT CAPACITY PER PERSON: GERMANY AND NORTH INDIA CIRCA 1800 301
16. B. ESTIMATES OF MANURE APPLIED TO NORTH CHINA AND EUROPEAN FARMS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A COMPARISON OF RESULTING NITROGEN FLUXES 303
17. C. FOREST COVER AND FUEL-SUPPLY ESTIMATES FOR FRANCE, LINGNAN, AND A PORTION OF NORTH CHINA, 1700–1850 307
18. D. ESTIMATES OF “GHOST ACREAGE” PROVIDED BY VARIOUS IMPORTS TO LATE EIGHTEENTH- AND EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN 313
19. E. ESTIMATES OF EARNING POWER OF RURAL TEXTILE WORKERS IN THE LOWER YANGZI REGION OF CHINA, 1750–1840 316
20. F. ESTIMATES OF COTTON AND SILK PRODUCTION, LOWER YANGZI AND CHINA AS AWHOLE, 1750 AND LATER—WITH COMPARISONS TO UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND GERMANY 327
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 339
22. INDEX 373