Weather shocks, sweet potatoes and peasant revolts in historical China

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 575, 2014, Pages 92-118

  Jia, Ruixue ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POTATO; PROBABILITY;

CHINA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 84896118457     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12037     Document Type: Article

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