| Chinese History in Economic Perspective |
| WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
| PREFACE |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
 | INTRODUCTION: CHINESE HISTORY IN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE |
 | PART ONE PRICE BEHAVIOR |
| • | One Secular Trends of Rice Prices in the Yangzi Delta, 1638–1935 |
| Two Grain Prices in Zhili Province, 1736–1911: a Preliminary Study |
| Three The Qing State and the Gansu Grain Market, 1739–1864 |
| Four Grain Markets and Food Supplies in Eighteenth-Century Hunan |
| • | Five Infanticide and Family Planning in Late Imperial China: the Price and Population History of Rural Liaoning, 1774–1873 |
| PART TWO MARKET RESPONSE |
| Six Land Concentration and Income Distribution in Republican China |
| Seven Farming, Sericulture, and Peasant Rationality in Wuxi County in the Early Twentieth Century |
| Eight Women's Work in the Ningbo Area, 1900–1936 |
| Nine Native-Place Hierarchy and Labor Market Segmentation: the Case of Subei People in Shanghai |
| Ten Local Interest Story: Political Power and Regional Differences in the Shandong Capital Market, 1900–1937 |
| GLOSSARY |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| INDEX |