Landlord and Labor in Late Imperial China

Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Notes on the Translation -- Preface (1957) -- Authors' Note (1959) -- Weights and Measures -- The Development of the Regional Economy of Shandong During the Qing Period -- The Development of Commercial and Handicraft Towns -- The Commercialization of Agriculture -- The Differentiation of the Peasantry -- Micro Studies of the Managerial Landlord Economy in Shandong During the Qing Period -- Field Data on Three Typical Managerial Landlords -- Field Data on two Rentier Landlords -- Field Data on 131 Managerial Landlords -- Analysis of the Economic and Social Significance of the Managerial Landlords and Conclusions -- Analysis of the Economic and Social Significance of the Managerial Landlords -- Preliminary Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Class Structure of 197 Villages in 42 Districts of Shandong, c. 1900 -- Economic Activities of 131 Managerial Landlords From 46 Districts of Shandong, c. 1900 -- Conditions of Starting and Stopping Work and Sources of Income of Wage Laborers in 141 Villages in 47 Districts of Shandong, c. 1900 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.