TY - BOOK AU - Rawski, Thomas G AU - Rawski, Thomas G AU - Li, Lillian M TI - Chinese History in Economic Perspective T2 - Studies on China, 13 SN - 9780520301887 U1 - 330.951 RAW PY - 1992/// CY - Berkeley PB - : University of California Press, KW - Economics KW - China -- Economic conditions -- 1644-1912 KW - China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949 KW - 83.30 economic conditions, development and structure: general KW - Economic conditions -- History, 1644- KW - economic situation N1 - Secular Trends of Rice Prices in the Yangzi Delta, 1638-1935Grain Prices in Zhili Province, 1736-1911The Qing State and the Gansu Grain Market, 1739-1864Grain Markets and Food Supplies in Eighteenth-Century HunanInfanticide and Family Planning in Late Imperial ChinaLand Concentration and Income Distribution in Republican ChinaFarming, Sericulture, and Peasant Rationality in Wuxi County in the Early Twentieth CenturyWomen's Work in the Ningbo Area, 1900-1936Native-Place Hierarchy and Labor Market SegmentationLocal Interest Story N2 - The essays assembled here represent a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. Previous work has emphasized the institutional and social bases of economic change. These studies break new ground, bringing Western economic theory to the study of China's economy since the 17th century ER -