The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Preindustrial China and England

ISBN-13: 9781316506288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 318 str.

Taisu Zhang

Opis

Zhang argues that property institutions in preindustrial China and England were a cause of China's lagging development in preindustrial times.

Recenzje

'Taisu Zhang has taken a bold leap into the heart of the Great Divergence debate. Combining the theoretical tools of law and economics, the insights of a comparative legal historian, and the skills of a meticulous archival investigator, Zhang offers a new take on norms governing land alienation in early modern China and England and their impact on economic development.' Madeleine Zelin, Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, Columbia University, New York

Spis treści

1. 'Dian' sales in Qing and Republican China; 2. Mortgages in early modern England; 3. Kinship, social hierarchy, and institutional divergence (theories); 4. Kinship, social hierarchy, and institutional divergence (empirics); 5. Kinship hierarchies in Late Imperial history; 6. Property institutions and agricultural capitalism; Conclusion; Index.