Transport in Transition: The Evolution of Traditional Shipping in China

by Andrew Watson

Water transport is a major feature of the traditional Chinese economy because of its magnitude and comparative efficiency. Yet this feature has all too often been ignored by scholars, with the notable exception of Japanese scholars. We cannot hope to gain any real conception of how the Chinese economy worked in the past, or works now, until we have a clearer picture of the circulation of men and commodities. In this circulation, water transport has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892649038
• ISBN13: 9780892649037
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"