The Highlanders of Central China: A History 1895-1937 (East Gate Book)

Examining the importance of regional differences in China's history, this text details the social, economic and political conditions of the central highlands at the end of the 19th century, and the early part of the 20th. Thus the nature and development of modern Chinese rural society is studied. Contents Tables Figures Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Demography Transport Demographic Changes in the Qing Valley Demographic Changes in Central China 2. Food Summary The Highland Region: Area and Population Cultivated Areas in the 1930s Diet of Staple Food, 1934 3. Goods for Trade Production of Bristles, East Sichuan (catties) Tong Households, 1940 4. Commodity Distribution Transport Marketing Parcel Service 5. Tribute Money (I) Bonds and Currencies Land Tax Proper, West Hubei Salt Gabelle, Eastern Sichuan (yuan) Revenues of East Sichuan Counties in the Garrison Region of the Twenty-first Army, 1933 (yuan) County Budgets, East Sichuan, 1935 (yuan) Shareouts of Taxes, Fengdu County 6. Tribute Money (II) Sichuan Defense Expenditures Revenue of the Garrison Region of the Twenty-first Army (yuan) Defense Expenditures, Hubei Fuling Tax Collections and Other Revenues 7. Cities and Fortresses Nanchuan Locations of Granaries for Famine Relief Education Budget, Wanxian, 1935 (yuan) 8. A Martial and Romantic Tradition Militancy Romanticism 9. The Civil War Belt Frequency of Civil Wars, 1912-28 10. Two Rural Soviets 11. Conclusion Appendix A. On Statistics Appendix B The Folk Tradition Notes Bibliography Index 1. Introduction -- 2. Food -- 3. Goods For Trade -- 4. Commodity Distribution -- 5. Tribute Money (i) -- 6. Tribute Money (ii) -- 7. Cities And Fortresses -- 8. A Martial And Romantic Tradition -- 9. The Civil War Belt -- 10. Two Rural Soviets -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendix A. On Statistics -- Appendix B. The Folk Tradition. Jerome Chʾen. An East Gate Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 277-292) And Index.