Preface from Mark Elvin
Préface de Philippe Ménard
Preface from the Author
Acknowledgments
Transliteration and Conventions
I. Introduction
II. Paper Money in Yuan China
III. Cowry Monies Circulating in Yunnan and Southeast Asia
IV. Salt Production and Salt Monies in Yunnan and Tebet
V. Production, Revenue and Trade of Salt in Changlu and
Lianghuai
VI. Tax Revenue of Hangzhou and its Territory
VII. Administrative-geographical Divisions in Yuan China
VIII. Conclusions
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Hans Ulrich Vogel, Ph.D. (1983) in Sinology, Zürich University is Professor for Chinese History and Society at Tübingen University. He has published monographs, articles and translations mainly on the history of society, economy, science and technology in premodern China.
'...an entirely new picture of the Chinese economic system with
incredible insights into every-day life. I strongly recommend
anyone to go to all the bother of reading the entire
monograph.'
Ursula Kampmann, Coins Weekly
'Unlike his predecessors in the West who mainly relied on European
sources, or those in China who relied on Chinese sources, Vogel’s
book is a masterwork using primary sources and secondary literature
of different origins and cultural backgrounds. (...) Vogel,
instead, extensively examines research on these topics published in
Chinese, thereby shedding light on the findings of Chinese scholars
in these areas, particularly for Western scholars who cannot read
Chinese. The author offers a most thorough discussion of the pros
and cons of Marco Polo’s authenticity, and so provides a convincing
defence.
Vogel’s work greatly enhances our comprehension of the fiscal
situation of the Yuan. It does in fact reveal new data, provide new
lenses and document new methodological approaches to historical
perspectives. This excellent book is to be warmly commended. It
offers a wonderful resource for anyone wishing to study Marco Polo
and Chinese economic history.'
Na Chang, Reviews in History (2014) 1667 (DOI:
10.14296/RiH/2014/1667)
'Vogel does indeed deliver in abundance what his title promises,
that is, decisive and irrefutable evidence that Polo’s time in
China was more or less what he said it was.(...) It is all the more
important, then, that his title not be taken as limiting the scope
of work simply to Polo’s travels. Anyone interested in the
Mongol-era China’s economy, finance and administration will find
this book an invaluable treasure trove of information. The work on
currency equivalencies, for example, will undoubtedly prove
foundational for much future research on the fiscal systems of the
Mongol empire and late imperial Eurasia generally.'
Christopher P. Atwood (Indiana University, USA), Inner Asia 17
(2015), 351–357
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