This monumental work provides a new perspective on the historical significance of famines in China over the past three hundred years. It examines the relationship between the interventionist state p
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 history of the Chinese economy-had yet to b
Few world cities have a record as long, as fascinating, or as well-documented as Beijing's. A capital almost continuously for more than a thousand years, the city has been Khubilai Khan's Mongol head
