The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Preindustrial China and England

by Taisu Zhang

Book Overview

Tying together cultural history, legal history, and institutional economics, The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Preindustrial China and England offers a novel argument as to why Chinese and English preindustrial economic development went down different paths. The dominance of Neo-Confucian social hierarchies in Late Imperial and Republican China, under which advanced age and generational seniority were the primary determinants...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107141117
• ISBN13: 9781107141117
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"