This is the first volume of a two-volume social history of the commercial hub of central China in the nineteenth century. The emphasis here is on the dynamism of late imperial commerce, the relation of the metropolis to the hinterland, and the corporate institutions of the city, notably its guilds. The second volume, Hankow: Conflict and Community in a Chinese City, 1796-1895, focuses on the people of Hankow.
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This is the first volume of a two-volume social history of the commercial hub of central China in the nineteenth century. The emphasis here is on the dynamism of late imperial commerce, the relation of the metropolis to the hinterland, and the corporate institutions of the city, notably its guilds. The second volume, Hankow: Conflict and Community in a Chinese City, 1796-1895, focuses on the people of Hankow.
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Very Good in Fair jacket. 8vo. -over 7¾'-9¾'. A Very Good copy in a Fair dustjacket. DJ has edgewear, bumped corners, shelfwear, rubbing, smudges, creases, toning, a half inch tear to the top of the back cover, and large piece missing from the top of the spine. Book has edgewear, smudges on the edges of the text block, former owner's stamp in ink on front endpaper, and toning to pages. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight.