As part of a larger study encompassing markets and finance in East Asia from 1600 to 1900, Theobald (Chinese history and classical Chinese, Tubingen U., Germany) addresses how the Qing emperors financ
Money in Asia examines two chronic problems that faced early modern monetary economies in East, South, and Southeast Asia: The inability to provide sufficient amounts of small currencies to facilitate
The book Southwest China in Regional and Global Perspectives (c. 1600-1911) is dedicated to important issues in society, trade, and local policy in the southwestern provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Si
