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1 online resource (484 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Map; Chart; Ming weights and measures; Introduction; 1 Village institutions in the Song and Yuan; Village worship associations; Popular cults: small and big; Popular cults: religious alliances; Buddhist institutions; Kinship institutions; 2 Large communal families and lineages: kinship and property in the Song and Yuan; Basic principles and problems; Practices and solutions; Fan Zhongyan's land trust; Huizhou cases: from large communal families to trust-based lineages. |
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The Wangs of Wukou and the failure of the communal model in HuizhouThe Jin family's adaptation of the lineage trust organization; Squaring the circle: money and ritual; 3 Village institutions in the early and mid Ming; Devastation and recovery in the early Ming; The growth of lineages; The village worship association in the early Ming; Changes within village worship associations; Huangs and Zhus, in Tandu; Membership and practices in village worship associations; Alliances: the external politics of village worship associations and shrines; The Wangs and the Chengs: takeovers and opponents. |
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QuestionsBuddhist establishments; Six centuries of piety and violence: from chapel lands to lineage trusts; The Zhangs of Zhaoyi ward, Wuyuan county; The Fangs of Liushan, She county; 4 Lineage trusts: success and adversity; Ming lineage trusts and The Family Agreements of Lord Doushan; Success and Cheng Doushan, 1379-1454: a founder's terms for land and labor; Success at home and away: third-branch dominance and Cheng Guan, 1454-1492; Examination success; Resident managers: the power of Cheng Guan; Economic performance: food constraints and timber growth; Harvest matters; Mountain timber. |
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Adversity, 1492-1545: problems of succession during an ""agrarian crisis""Harvest difficulties; Grave troubles; Management failures and abuses: ""giving wings to tigers""; 1520-1545: Cheng Gao and the 1520 pact; Conclusion; Appendix 4.1 The Family Agreements of Lord Doushan (Doushan gong jiayi); 5 Lineage trusts: reforms and their aftermath; Reforms; Problems and solutions; Paddy fields; Field servants; Mountain land managers; Punishments; Mountain land management; The aftermath of the reforms: 1545-1575; Pacts: 1570, 1575, and 1597; Filial impiety: a father and his sons. |
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""Old habits"" and pactsAn explanation: bondservants and managers; The ""Culture Group"" and ""gentry control""; The Culture Group: lineage organization, land, and labor; Conclusion; 6 Timber futures; Production; The risks; Agronomic solutions: tree farming; Institutional solutions: conditions of ownership; Landowners' management practices and risk reduction; Economic practices and risk reduction for ownership; Institutional solutions: tenancy arrangements; Economic practices and risk reduction for tenancies; Tenants ́ administrative practices and risk reduction; Distribution. |
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Upstream, within Huizhou. |
| Summary |
Landmark study of the long-term dynamics of Chinese village history proposing a new framework for understanding pre-modern economies in Asia. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rural development -- China -- History.
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Rural development. |
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China. |
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History. |
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Economic development -- China -- History.
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Economic development. |
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China -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: McDermott, Joseph P. Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 1. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107046221 |
| ISBN |
9781107598881 |
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1107598885 |
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9781107695023 (electronic book) |
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1107695023 (electronic book) |
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9781461953494 (electronic book) |
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1461953499 (electronic book) |
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9781107046221 |
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110704622X |
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9780521436939 (hardback) |
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