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Economic Values And Social Space In Historical Lower Yangzi Delta Economy: An Introductory Essay / By Billy K. L. So -- Money, Productivity, And Price: A Matter Of Economic Values -- Cycles Of Silver In Chinese Monetary History / By Richard Von Glahn -- Cotton Textile Production In Jiangnan During The Ming-qing Era And The Matter Of Market-driven Growth / By Harriet Zurndorfer -- Agricultural Productivity In Early Modern Jiangnan / By Guanglin Liu -- Copper, Silver, And Tea: The Question Of Eighteenth-century Inflation In The Lower Yangzi Delta / By Sui-wai Cheung -- An Early Modern Economy In China: A Study Of The Gdp Of Huating-lou Area, 1823-29 / By Bozhong Li -- Urbanization, Institutions, And Networks: A Matter Of Social Space -- On The Emergence And Intensification Of The Pattern Of Rural-urban Continuum In Late Imperial Jiangnan Society / By Shiba Yoshinobu -- Institutions In Market Economies Of Premodern Maritime China / By Billy K. L. So -- The Rise Of Huizhou Merchants: Kinship And Commerce In Ming China / By Joseph P. Mcdermott -- Conditions And Risks Of Water Transport In The Late Ming Songjiang Region As Seen In The Cases Collected In Maoyilu's Yunjian Yanlüe / By Ka-chai Tam -- Brokers And Guild Organizations (huiguan) In China's Maritime Trade With Japan In High Qing / By Angela Schottenhammer. Edited By Billy K. L. So. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.