The Cambridge economic history of China / edited by Debin Ma, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Richard von Glahn, University of California, Los Angeles.

Other author Ma, Debin.
Other author Von Glahn, Richard.
Other author Cambridge University Press.
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Edition1 Edition.
Publication InfoNewyork : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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SeriesThe Cambridge economic history of China
Abstract "Continental East Asia during the first millennium BCE transitioned from a redistributive "gift-giving economy" (or "prestige-good economy") to a thriving market economy that was at least partly monetized. This transformation-gradual but all-encompassing and irreversible-led to a veritable "economic miracle" during the Warring States period (c. 450-221 BCE), which brought unprecedented prosperity to large portions of the population. It will here be discussed through its reflections in the material record, spanning the eight centuries from c. 1000 BCE down to approximately the time of the Qin unification in 221 BCE.1 During this period, the Zhou kingdom and its constituent polities formed a relatively homogeneous culture area encompassing the Middle and Lower Yellow River basin and the Middle Yangzi basin. Archaeological discoveries attest that, over time, many of the surrounding smaller and sociopolitically less complex regional cultures-defined by archaeologists on the basis of their material remains-were increasingly drawn into the Zhou orbit"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Cambridge economic history of China 1 Edition. Newyork : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781108425575
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