Contract and Property in Early Modern China

Zusatztext “...the eleven papers in this volume present a fascinating range of case studies and historical details on the role of contracts and property rights in Chinese conomic transactions...”— EH.NET Informationen zum Autor Madeleine Zelin is Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Jonathan K. Ocko is Professor and Head of the Department of History at North Carolina State University, and an Adjunct Professor of Chinese Legal History at Duke Law School. Robert Gardella is professor in the Humanities Department at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Klappentext "...the eleven papers in this volume present a fascinating range of case studies and historical details on the role of contracts and property rights in Chinese conomic transactions..."-- EH.NET "This book is essential reading for scholars and graduate students interested in Chinese legal, social, and economic history."--History: Reviews of New Books Zusammenfassung Providing a new perspective on economic and legal institutions, particularly on contract and property, in Qing and Republican history, this volume provides case studies to explicate how these institutions worked, while situating them firmly in their broader social context.

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• Assisted by: Madeleine Zelin (Editor), Robert Gardella (Editor), Jonathan K. Ocko (Editor), Johnathan Ocko (Editor), Johnathan K. Ocko (Editor), Johnathan K Ocko (Editor)
• Authors: Madeleine (EDT)/ Ocko Zelin, Madeleine Ocko Zelin
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 18.02.2004
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780804746397
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4639-7
• Pages: 408
• Dimensions (packing): 15.9 x 22.9 x 3.2 cm
• Subjects: LAW / Legal History; Legal Reference / Law Profession; HISTORY / Asia / China; LAW / Property; LAW / Contracts