List of figures .............................................. viii
List of maps ................................................... ix
List of tables ................................................. xi
Acknowledgments .............................................. xiii
Introduction .................................................... 1
1 The Bronze Age economy (1045 to 707 ВСЕ) .................... 11
2 From city-state to autocratic monarchy (707 to 250 ВСЕ) ..... 44
3 Economic foundations of the universal empire (250 to
81 ВСЕ) ..................................................... 84
4 Magnate society and the estate economy (81 ВСЕ to 485 CE) .. 129
5 The Chinese-nomad synthesis and the reunification of
the empire (485 to 755) .................................... 168
6 Economic transformation in the Tang-Song transition
(755 to 1127) .............................................. 208
7 The heyday of the Jiangnan economy (1127 to 1550) .......... 255
8 The maturation of the market economy (1550 to 1800) ........ 295
9 Domestic crises and global challenges: restructuring
the imperial economy (1800 to 1900) ........................ 348
Bibliography .................................................. 400
Index ......................................................... 448
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