Agricultural Development in Qing China
Agricultural Development in Qing China

Author: Zhihong Shi

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 9004355243

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Agricultural Development in Qing China: A Quantitative Study, 1661-1911 SHI Zhihong offers for the first time an overview of agricultural development in Qing China in the English language. Being by far the largest sector in one of the largest economies in the world, understanding its development is crucial not only for agricultural studies, but also to advance economic debates such as on the Great Divergence. Combining the recent quantitative paradigm with the more traditional scholarly approach, this book uses a great number of primary sources to arrive at new and revised estimates of crucial indicators such as land acreage, crop yield, pasture, and total output. Its main conclusion is that a serious economic and social problem occurred since the mid-Qing, where agriculture was increasingly less able to feed a growing population, which was a major factor contributing to the growing crisis in the rule of the dynasty.

The Population History of China (1368–1953)
The Population History of China (1368–1953)

Author: Shuji Cao

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-02-06

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 9004688935

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From 1368 to 1953, China's administrative divisions were mainly composed of counties, prefectures, and provinces. This book shows the population figures, density, and changes in the provincial population in China during this period and population figures of each major city and town and its proportion in terms of the provincial population during this period―the urbanization rate. Data in this book is drawn partly from historical sources and partly from statistical-model-based calculations. The book also includes provincial population maps in 1393, and their original statistical models, population databases, and metadata.

Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place
Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place

Author: Phyllis Granoff

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0774842199

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book brings together essays by anthropologists, scholars of religion, and art historians to explore some of the most fundamental challenges that religious groups face as they expand from their homeland or confront the demands of modernity. The chapters span a broad geographical area that includes India, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, and address issues from the classical and medieval period to the present. They show how sacred places have a plurality of meanings for all religious communities and how in their construction, secular politics, private religious experience, and sectarian rivalry can all intersect. A Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Literature.

Community Schools and the State in Ming China
Community Schools and the State in Ming China

Author: Sarah Schneewind

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780804751742

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

According to imperial edict in pre-modern China, an elementary school was to be established in every village in the empire for any boy to attend. This book looks at how the schools worked, how they changed over time, and who promoted them and why. Over the course of the Ming period (1368-1644), schools were sponsored first by the emperor, then by the central bureaucracy, then by local officials, and finally by the people themselves. The changing uses of schools helps us to understand how the Ming state related to society over the course of nearly 300 years, and what they can show us about community and political debates then and now.

THE DEVELOPING COURSE OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
THE DEVELOPING COURSE OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

Author: Xuezhi Liu

Publisher: American Academic Press

Published: 2024-07-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1631814877

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Developing Course of Chinese Philosophy deals with the thoughts of Chinese philosophers and the historical process of philosophical development from pre-Qin to Ming and Qing dynasties from a new perspective, elaborating the emergence, development, rise, and fall of ancient Chinese philosophy. The book systematically describes the evolution path of Chinese wisdom, revealing the main trends and some basic laws of the theoretical thinking of the Chinese nation. The main contents of this book can be categorized into three aspects. First, the developing course and framework of Chinese philosophy in different periods; second, representatives of Chinese philosophy in different periods and the Zeitgeist, the main viewpoints and methodologies they represent; third, the interrelation and influence of the standpoints of Chinese philosophy in different periods. The Developing Course of Chinese Philosophy can be roughly divided into the philosophy of pre-Qin scholars with the theme of political theory, the cosmology-centered philosophy in Qin and Han dynasties, the metaphysics in Wei and Jin dynasties characterized by ontology, the philosophy of Wei Jin and the Northern and Southern dynasties in the dispute of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, the philosophy of Sui and Tang dynasties in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and the philosophy of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties with the rise and decline of Neo-Confucianism and the end of ancient Chinese philosophy as the main content. Through detailed elaboration in different chapters, the book highlights the philosophical thoughts, methodologies, and viewpoints of different periods in Chinese history, thus presenting a complete logical system of the historical development and the essence of Chinese philosophy.

Chinese Mathematics History
Chinese Mathematics History

Author: Zhi Dao

Publisher: DeepLogic

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book provides highlights on the key concepts and trends of evolution in Chinese Mathematics History, as one of the series of books of “China Classified Histories”.

China's West Region Development: Domestic Strategies And Global Implications
China's West Region Development: Domestic Strategies And Global Implications

Author: Ding Lu

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004-06-29

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 981448296X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the last two decades, China's western inland region has largely been left out of the nation's economic boom. While its 355-million population accounts for 28% and its land area for 71% of China's total, the region's share of the national GDP is under 20%. Since 1999, Beijing has implemented the West China Development Program to boost the region's growth. To study the major domestic issues and the global implications of this program, the University of Victoria's Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives organized and hosted a multidisciplinary international conference on March 6-8, 2003. This volume of papers presented at the conference offers perspectives on the issues by leading experts of diversified academic disciplines from China, Canada, the US, and other countries.