Debin Ma is Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Richard von Glahn is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

'Reading the two volumes is a marvelous learning experience. The set is an outstanding piece that draws from the most up-to-date scholarship at the frontiers of knowledge in many dimensions of economic history. It certainly fulfills its promise to serve as a standard reference and a rich resource for teaching.' Xiaojia Hou, H-Net Review

• Volume I: Introduction to Volume I Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn; Part I. Before 1000: 1. The economy of late pre-imperial China: Archaeological perspectives Lothar von Falkenhausen; 2. Agriculture and its environmental impact Motoko Hara; 3. State and economy: Production, extraction, and distribution Richard von Glahn; 4. Markets, money, and merchants Yōhei Kakinuma; 5. Economic philosophy and political economy Richard von Glahn; 6. Silk Road trade and foreign economic influences Xinru Liu; Interlude. The Tang-Song transition in Chinese economic history Richard von Glahn; Part II. 1000 to 1800: 7. Ecological change and resource constraints David A. Bello; 8. Population change Shuji Cao; 9. Public finance Christian Lamouroux and Richard von Glahn; 10. Political economy Helen Dunstan; 11. Law and the market economy Billy K. L. So and Sufumi So; 12. Property rights and factor markets Mio Kishimoto; 13. The rural economy Kenneth Pomeranz; 14. Cities and the urban economy Harriet Zurndorfer; 15. The monetary system Akinobu Kuroda; 16. Merchants and commercial networks Joseph P. McDermott; 17. Foreign trade Angela Schottenhammer; 18. Production, consumption, and living standards Zhiwu Chen and Kaixiang Peng. Volume II: Introduction to Volume II Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn; Part I. 1800–1950: 1. Ideology and the contours of economic changes in modern China during 1850–1950 Debin Ma; 2. Economic transition in the nineteenth century William Rowe; 3. Agriculture Debin Ma and Kaixiang Peng; 4. Handicraft and modern industries Linda Grove and Toru Kubo; 5. The state and enterprises in late Qing China Chi-kong Lai; 6. Development and expansion of central and regional state enterprises during the first half of the twentieth century Morris L. Bian; 7. Money and macro-economy Dan Li and Hongzhong Yan; 8. Public finance Elisabeth Kaske and May-li Lin; 9. Financial institutions and financial markets Bret Sheehan and Yingui Zhu; 10. Chinese business organization Madeleine Zelin; 11. Impact of the west: Findings from the new data James Kung; 12. Foreign trade and investment Carol Shiue and Wolfgang Keller; 13. Transport and communication infrastructure Elisabeth Köll; 14. Education and human capital, 1800–1950 Bas van Leeuwen, Pei Gao and Meimei Wang; Part II. 1950–Present: 15. The origin of China's communist institutions Chenggang Xu; 16. China under the command economy in 1950–1977 Dwight H. Perkins; 17. Living standards in Maoist China Chris Bramall; 18. The political economy of China's Great Leap Famine James Kung; 19. China's external economic relations during the Mao era Amy King; 20. Chinese economy in the reform era Barry Naughton; 21. China's great boom as a historical process Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski.

Debin Ma is Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Richard von Glahn is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

'Reading the two volumes is a marvelous learning experience. The set is an outstanding piece that draws from the most up-to-date scholarship at the frontiers of knowledge in many dimensions of economic history. It certainly fulfills its promise to serve as a standard reference and a rich resource for teaching.' Xiaojia Hou, H-Net Review

• Volume I: Introduction to Volume I Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn; Part I. Before 1000: 1. The economy of late pre-imperial China: Archaeological perspectives Lothar von Falkenhausen; 2. Agriculture and its environmental impact Motoko Hara; 3. State and economy: Production, extraction, and distribution Richard von Glahn; 4. Markets, money, and merchants Yōhei Kakinuma; 5. Economic philosophy and political economy Richard von Glahn; 6. Silk Road trade and foreign economic influences Xinru Liu; Interlude. The Tang-Song transition in Chinese economic history Richard von Glahn; Part II. 1000 to 1800: 7. Ecological change and resource constraints David A. Bello; 8. Population change Shuji Cao; 9. Public finance Christian Lamouroux and Richard von Glahn; 10. Political economy Helen Dunstan; 11. Law and the market economy Billy K. L. So and Sufumi So; 12. Property rights and factor markets Mio Kishimoto; 13. The rural economy Kenneth Pomeranz; 14. Cities and the urban economy Harriet Zurndorfer; 15. The monetary system Akinobu Kuroda; 16. Merchants and commercial networks Joseph P. McDermott; 17. Foreign trade Angela Schottenhammer; 18. Production, consumption, and living standards Zhiwu Chen and Kaixiang Peng. Volume II: Introduction to Volume II Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn; Part I. 1800–1950: 1. Ideology and the contours of economic changes in modern China during 1850–1950 Debin Ma; 2. Economic transition in the nineteenth century William Rowe; 3. Agriculture Debin Ma and Kaixiang Peng; 4. Handicraft and modern industries Linda Grove and Toru Kubo; 5. The state and enterprises in late Qing China Chi-kong Lai; 6. Development and expansion of central and regional state enterprises during the first half of the twentieth century Morris L. Bian; 7. Money and macro-economy Dan Li and Hongzhong Yan; 8. Public finance Elisabeth Kaske and May-li Lin; 9. Financial institutions and financial markets Bret Sheehan and Yingui Zhu; 10. Chinese business organization Madeleine Zelin; 11. Impact of the west: Findings from the new data James Kung; 12. Foreign trade and investment Carol Shiue and Wolfgang Keller; 13. Transport and communication infrastructure Elisabeth Köll; 14. Education and human capital, 1800–1950 Bas van Leeuwen, Pei Gao and Meimei Wang; Part II. 1950–Present: 15. The origin of China's communist institutions Chenggang Xu; 16. China under the command economy in 1950–1977 Dwight H. Perkins; 17. Living standards in Maoist China Chris Bramall; 18. The political economy of China's Great Leap Famine James Kung; 19. China's external economic relations during the Mao era Amy King; 20. Chinese economy in the reform era Barry Naughton; 21. China's great boom as a historical process Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski.