Farm Labour Productivity in Jiangnan, 1620-1850

Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Li, Bozhong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Jiangnan; Labour productivity; Peasant economy; Standard of living

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920069367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199280681.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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