Prosperity signifies success in economic performance. Economic performance always takes place in a spatial context. And institutions matter in economic performance. These three interwoven themes underlie this inquiry into the regional economy of southern Fukien province during the Sung and Yuan dynasties, when the area was one of the most prosperous regions in China. Through a meticulous reading of the sources, the author seeks to understand the meaning of prosperity in the premodern Chinese context and argues that we have to understand economic performance as a process occurring in space and influenced by institutions, which affect economic actors particularly through the means of transaction costs.
HARVARD EAST ASIAN MONOGRAPHS
Harvard East Asian Monographs 195
Prosperity, Region, and Institutions in Maritime China
The South Fukien Pattern, 946-1368
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$52.00 • £38.95 • €46.80
ISBN 9780674003712
Publication: March 2001
496 pages
6 x 9 inches
10 maps, 5 line drawings, 22 tables
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