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Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy: Violent Disputes Over Property Rights in Eighteenth-Century China Hardcover - 2000

by Thomas M. Buoye


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Thomas Buoye examines the impact of large-scale economic change on social conflict in eighteenth-century China. He draws on a large number of documented cases of violent property disputes to recreate the social tensions fostered by the development of property rights, an unprecedented growing population, and the increasing strain on land and resources. This book challenges the "markets" and "moral economy" theories of economic behavior. Applying the theories of Douglass North for the first time to this subject, Buoye uses an institutional framework to understand seemingly irrational economic choices.

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Since the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in the 1980s, American scholars have gradually gained access to a wide range of primary source materials that have enriched the quality and extended the scope of historical research on China.

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  • Title Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy: Violent Disputes Over Property Rights in Eighteenth-Century China
  • Author Thomas M. Buoye
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Date 2000-07-31
  • ISBN 9780521640459 / 0521640458
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.27 x 1.08 in (23.47 x 15.93 x 2.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects Violence - China - History - 18th century, Social conflict - China - History - 18th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99016949
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.609

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