Prosperity, Region, and Institutions in Maritime China: The South Fukien Pattern, 946-1368

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Harvard University Asia Center, 2000 - Business & Economics - 469 pages
Preliminary Material /Billy K. L. So --Introduction /Billy K. L. So --South Fukien as a Frontier Prior to A.D. 946 /Billy K. L. So --Takeoff of the Local Economy, 946-1087 /Billy K. L. So --Maritime Trade and Cross,sectoral Prosperity, 1087-ca. 1200 /Billy K. L. So --Economic Setback and Local Power, ca. 1200-1276 /Billy K. L. So --Prosperity Under a New Order, 1276-1368 and Beyond /Billy K. L. So --South Fukien as an Internally Integrated Region /Billy K. L. So --Ch'üan,chou City as a Regional Center /Billy K. L. So --Regional Economic Integration: A Case Study of Export Ceramics in South Fukien /Billy K. L. So --Patterns of Trade: Merchants, Organizations, and Knowledge /Billy K. L. So --Formal Institutional Constraints: Law, Property, and Contracts /Billy K. L. So --Informal Institutional Constraints: Rationality, Ethics, Beliefs, and the Social Fabric /Billy K. L. So --Conclusion /Billy K. L. So --Fukien from Han to Sui /Billy K. L. So --P'u Shou-keng: A Reassessment /Billy K. L. So --The Process of Administrative Division in South Fukien in the Tenth Century /Billy K. L. So --Notes /Billy K. L. So --Bibliography /Billy K. L. So --Character List /Billy K. L. So --Index /Billy K. L. So --Harvard East Asian Monographs /Billy K. L. So.

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South Fukien as a Frontier Prior to A D 946 II
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Takeoff of the Local Economy 9461087
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Maritime Trade and Crosssectoral Prosperity 1087ca 1200
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Billy K. L. So is Professor of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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