Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy: Violent Disputes Over Property Rights in Eighteenth-Century China

Thomas Buoye examines the impact of large-scale economic change on social conflict in eighteenth-century China. He draws on a large number of documented cases of violent property disputes to recreate the social tensions fostered by the development of property rights, an unprecedented growing population, and the increasing strain on land and resources. This book challenges the markets and moral economy theories of economic behavior. Applying the theories of Douglass North for the first time to this subject, Buoye uses an institutional framework to understand seemingly irrational economic choices.

Author: Thomas M. Buoye
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/19/2000
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.27w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780521640459

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2001 pg. 950