Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy: Violent Disputes Over Property Rights in Eighteenth-Century China
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions Series)
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521027810
ISBN13:9780521027816
Release Date:November 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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