Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Dynasties, Events, and Equivalents xv
6. Introduction 1
7. The Market Economy in Late Imperial China
8. Issues and Approaches 15
9. The Nature of Song and Ming Economic Data 35
10. The Song Era
11. How Large Was the Money Economy? 57
12. Trade and Water Transport in the Eleventh Century 77
13. The Ming Er
14. China after 1200 99
15. Prices, Real Wages, and National Incomes 121
16. Agriculture
17. Agricultural Development of the Lower Yangtze 141
18. Changes in Agricultural Productivity, 1000–1600 167
19. Conclusion 197
20. Chinese Population Data 207
21. Long-Term Changes in Prices and the Money Stock 215
22. Waterway Networks in the Eleventh Century 223
23. Chinese Acreage, 900–1600 229
24. Long-Term Changes in Real Wages 245
25. Estimates of National Incomes 259
26. Major Commodities in the Domestic Market 267
27. Military Farms, Involuntary Migrations, and Extensive Agriculture 285
28. Notes 293
29. Bibliography 329
30. Index 365