National Economy and People's Livelihood: a New Analysis of the Social Economy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Introduction The book collects and cites a large number of Ming and Qing anthologies, real estate purchase and sale documents, local archives, inscriptions, and foreign literature. It focuses on the two approaches of institutional regulations and social operations, and obtains many unique new academic insights on taxation and finance in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the rise of regional business gangs, commercial disputes and commercial litigation, coastal shipping and overseas trade, business gang business activities, economic changes in the south of the Yangtze River, and the form and content of real estate documents. It promotes the study of the economic history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the social history of the south of the Yangtze River, and the history of maritime trade. It is rich in academic value.