Author: Chao, Kang
Title: Man and Land in Chinese History : An Economic Analysis
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, (1986). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xii,268 pp.. Textual graphs & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Economic Adjustments Induced by Population Pressure; Population Growth; Urban Population; Measuring the Area of Cultivated Land; Man-Land Ratios & Land Fragmentation; Land Distribution; Managerial Landlordism; Tenurial Landlordism; Changes in Productivity & Living Standards; Conclusions; Appendices: Selected Traditional Units of Measure; Political Subdivisions in Traditional China; Unit Yields & Farm Sizes in the Ch'ing Period.

Keywords: Chinese Demographic History, China Land Use, Historical Economic, Demography, Economics Geography, Agricultural, Agriculture Economy, Population Density, Historiography