The rise and fall of a public debt market in 16th-century China : the story of the Ming salt certificate /

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During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the government invited merchants to deliver grain in return for salt certificates with which merchants drew salt as reward. The salt certificate therefore represented a national debt, denominated in salt, the government thereby owed merchants. A speculative marke...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Puk, Wing Kin, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 ; v. 8.
Temas:
1500-1599
Debts, Public > China > History > 16th century.
Salt industry and trade > Economic aspects > China.
Dettes publiques > Chine > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Sel > Industrie > Aspect économique > Chine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Debts, Public.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Salt industry and trade > Economic aspects.
China > Economic conditions > 16th century.
China > Politics and government > 16th century.
Chine > Conditions économiques > 16e siècle.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 16e siècle.
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The early Ming
  • Grain, salt, and silver
  • The lianghuai salt syndicate
  • Salt merchants in Yangzhou : migration and social mobility
  • Salt syndicate and salt merchants
  • The huaitang Chengs in Lianghuai
  • The chengs in the Lianghuai salt gazetteer
  • Zhang Lin and the Changlu salt monopoly
  • Continuity and change
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Primary sources
  • Other works
  • Index.

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