Rural China in the Song

Golas, Peter J.

doi:10.2307/2054291

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“…319-29], Jones [1988, Chapter 4], Ma [1971], McNeill [1982, Chapter 2], and Shiba [1970a]. On agriculture see Golas [1980] and Shiba [1970b]. The iron industry is studied by Hartwell [1963Hartwell [ , 1966Hartwell [ , 1967.…”

Section: The Transformation Of Sung Chinamentioning

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The Dynamics of Smithian Growth

Kelly

1997

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Section: The Transformation Of Sung Chinamentioning

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The Dynamics of Smithian Growth

Kelly

1997

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

132

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“…To ensure farmer participation signifi cant economic incentives were introduced for peasants to increase productivity, and bring new barren land into production. This resulted in a threefold increase in crop production [21].…”

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“…Knowledge about these practices and techniques were promoted through technical advice and the distribution of agricultural handbooks etc. [21,22].…”

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Economic incentives: successful in expansion, will it also be successful in contraction?

Bjornlund¹,

Bjørnlund²

2013

Int. J. SDP

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Since the early 1970s it has increasingly become apparent that the rate of resource extraction is unsustainable. It was also slowly acknowledged that the traditional regulatory approach to resource management proved inadequate to resolve the problem. The use of economic instruments and incentives was proposed as a better way of facilitating the needed change and this has been presented as a policy change, which in many instances have been subject to strong community opposition. In this paper we illustrate how economic instruments and incentives, backed by public investment have been used for more than 5000 years to achieve the objectives of rulers and societies. They are therefore nothing new, what is new is that the policy objective has changed from providing incentives to expand resource use, clear forest, catch more fi sh, increase water use, and drain wetlands to now providing incentives to reduce resource use, plant trees and recreate wetlands. While expansionary uses of incentives have mainly been seen as positive among resource users and their communities, the new direction is challenging and threatening to both resource users and the communities depending on them as the economic engine for jobs, services and tax revenue.

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“…She contrasts bondservants' economic functions with those of tenants and hired workers. Golas (1980), unraveling agricultural relations for the Sung, has made similar careful distinctions. Mark Elvin (1973) has connected bondservantry with the general state of peasantry in China between 1000 and 1650.…”

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A Guide to the “New” Chinese History: Recent Publications Concerning Chinese Social and Economic Development before 1800

Zurndorfer¹

1988

Int Rev of Soc His

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SUMMARY: During the last 15 years or so, the study of Chinese history in the United States and Europe has been transformed through new foci of interest as well as the employment of social science methodologies. This article surveys a selected number of recent publications and categorizes them according to five themes: "commoners, women, and outsiders", "the structural approach", "state and society", "China and I'histoireglobale", and "China and the West". It is demonstrated that the continui ties within Chinese development, including the progressive demographic expansion of the Chinese population, the formulation and exercise of gentry rulership, the general vigour of the economy, and increased regional and subregional agricultural/ industrial production and distribution are not confined to specific dynastic periods and should be viewed in a long-term context.

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Rural China in the Song

Cited by 35 publications

References 17 publications

The Dynamics of Smithian Growth

The Dynamics of Smithian Growth

Economic incentives: successful in expansion, will it also be successful in contraction?

A Guide to the “New” Chinese History: Recent Publications Concerning Chinese Social and Economic Development before 1800

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