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"An extraordinary feat: the best institutional study based on archives ever to have been done in the China field. It will set the standard for a generation of r

Hailian Chen’s pioneering study presents the first comprehensive history of Chinese zinc—an essential base metal used to produce brass and coin and a global

The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces

Blending fine-grained case studies with overarching theory, this book seeks both to integrate Southeast Asia into world history and to rethink much of Eurasia's

This volume marks a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. It arose from a realization that the economic history of China—as opposed to the h