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Oxford University Press Inc Family Fields and Ancestors Constancy and Change in Chinas Social and Economic History 1550-1949 by Lloyd E Eastman
This is the first book to make available important recent research on China's social and economic history, offering a completely new perspective on the four centuries from the Ming Dynasty to the Communist revolution. Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author clarifies the complexities of Chinese society, covering a wide range of topics from population trends, class structure and religion to agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing. Scholars and students of Chinese history, particularly social and economic history.show more