{"product_id":"contract-and-property-in-early-modern-china-9780804746397","title":"Contract and Property in Early Modern China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding a new perspective on economic and legal institutions, particularly on contract and property, in Qing and Republican history, this volume provides case studies to explicate how these institutions worked, while situating them firmly in their broader social context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...the eleven papers in this volume present a fascinating range of case studies and historical details on the role of contracts and property rights in Chinese conomic transactions...”— EH.NET\u003cbr\u003e“This book is essential reading for scholars and graduate students interested in Chinese legal, social, and economic history.”—History: Reviews of New Books\u003cbr\u003e\"...this volume in its detailed study of contracts in early modern China is a timely contribution for anyone interested in China's policy and economic development today.\"—Canadian Journal of Law and Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS  List of Tables and Figures  Introduction  Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan Ocko, Robert Gardella  Part One: Contract and the Establishment of Property Rights  Chapter 1\tA Critique of Rights of Property in Pre-War China  Madeleine Zelin  Chapter 2\tWrits of Passage in Late Imperial China: The Documentation of Practical Understandings in Minong, Taiwan  Myron Cohen  Chapter 3\tLitigation, Legitimacy, and Lethal Violence: Why County Courts Failed to Prevent Violent Disputes over Property in Eighteenth-century China  Thomas Buoye  Chapter 4\tProperty, Taxes, and State Protection of Rights  Anne Osborne  Chapter 5\tThe Status of Contracts in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Courts  Mark Allee  Chapter 6\tThe Missing Metaphor: Applying Western Legal Scholarship the Study of Contract and Property in Early Modern China  Jonathan Ocko  Part Two: Contract and the Practice of Business  Chapter 7\tSupplemental Payment in Urban Property contracts in mid to late Qing Shanghai  Feng Shaoting  Chapter 8\tManaging Multiple Ownership at the Zigong Saltyard  Madeleine Zelin  Chapter 9\tCustom, The Code, and Legal Practice: The Contracts of Changlu Salt Merchants in Late Imperial China  Man Bun Kwan  Chapter 10\tCompanies in Debt Financial Arrangements in the Textile Industry in the Lower Yangzi Delta, 1895{-}1937  Tomoko Shiroyama  Chapter 11\tContracting Business Partnerships in Late Qing and Republican China: Paradigms and Patterns  Robert Gardella  Glossary  Bibliography  List of Contributors  Index        Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Contracts China History, Right of property China History","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51618769895767,"sku":"9780804746397","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804746397.jpg?v=1756903281","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contract-and-property-in-early-modern-china-9780804746397","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}