Imperial Reign Titles, Abbreviations and Weights and Measures
Introduction: Embryonic Capitalism in East Asia / Chris Bramall and Peter Nolan
Introduction: On Embryonic Capitalism in China / Wu Chengming
Pt. I. Capitalism in the Late Ming Dynasty / Wang Shixin
1. Agricultural and the Changing Relations of Production
2. Commodity Circulation and Merchant Capital
3. State Workshops and the Handicraft Industry
4. Silk Weaving in Suzhou and Hangzhou
5. Iron Industry of Foshan, Guangdong
Pt. II. Capitalism in Agriculture in the Early and Middle Qing Dynasty / Shi Qi and Fang Zhuofen
6. Agricultural Change and the Spread of Cash Crops
7. Changes in Tenancy and the Hiring of Labour
8. Embryonic capitalism in agriculture
Pt. III. Capitalism During the Early and Middle Qing (1)3 / Fang Xing, Shi Qi and Jian Rui / [et al.]
9. Growth of Commodity Circulation and the Rise of Merchant Organisations
10. Tea, Tobacco, Distilling and Oil Pressing
12. Silk Weaving in Jiangsu and Zhejiang
13. Cloth Processing in Suzhou and Songjiang
14. Paper Making, Printing and Publishing
15. Shaanxi Timber Industry
Pt. IV. Capitalism During the Early and Middle Qing (2) / Fang Zhuofen, Hu Tiewen and Jian Rui / [et al.]
17. Copper Mining and Smelting in Yunnan
18. Coal Mining in Boshan and Beijing
19. Porcelain Industry of Jingdezhen
21. Hedong Lake Salt and Huainan Sea Salt
22. Shanghai Maritime Shipping
Pt. V. Conclusions / Fang Xing
23. Retarded Development of Capitalism
24. Role of Embryonic Capitalism in China.
