Volume and Number
Studies on East Asia, Volume 29
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Download Introduction: Transport, Economic Growth and Market Integration (4.3 MB)
Download Chapter 1: Canal Transport and the Scope of Market Integration (7.2 MB)
Download Chapter 2: The Grain Tribute and the Imperial Budget (4.9 MB)
Download Chapter 3: The Question of Eighteenth-Century Inflation (7.3 MB)
Download Chapter 4: Market Integration and Over-production in the Yangzi (13.0 MB)
Download Chapter 5: The Role of Government in the Rice Trade (5.8 MB)
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Publication Date
2008
Managing Editor
Pearce, Scott
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University
City
Bellingham, Washington
Description
The Price of Rice by Sui-wai Cheung investigates the grain tax, canal transportation, and market integration, to give a complete picture of the long-distance rice trade in China during the eighteenth century.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25710/x35r-xq52
Publisher (Digital Object)
Resources made available by The Center for East Asian Studies and Western Libraries, Western Washington University,
Type
Text
OCLC Number
299089860
Geographic Coverage
China--Economic conditions--18th century; China--Economic policy--1644-1912
Disciplines
Asian History | Economic History
Keywords
Rice trade, Rice trade in China, Eighteenth century rice prices
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Cheung, Sui-wai, "The Price of Rice: Market Integration in Eighteenth-Century China" (2008). East Asian Studies Press. 2.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/easpress/2
Rights
Copyright 2008 The Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University
Language
English
Format
application/pdf