Roots and routes of development in China and India : : highlights of fifty years of The journal of the economic and social history of the Orient (1957-2007) / / edited by Jos Gommans and Harriet Zurndorfer.

• TeilnehmendeR: Gommans, Jos J. L.; Zurndorfer, Harriet Thelma.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill.; c2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2008
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (494 p.)
• Notes: Collection of articles previously published in The journal of the economic and social history of the Orient.

This volume brings together some of the very best of half a century of enduring scholarship in the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient . The selected articles show how historians have developed their understanding of economic and social change in China and India. As introduced by two of its current editors, these seminal studies not only demonstrate the crucial contributions of JESHO but also reflect the various scholarly tendencies in their respective fields. Hence this volume offers readers a unique opportunity to critically compare the historical and the historiographical roots and routes of the modern development of these two new global superpowers. The contributions in this volume have been previously published as articles in Brill’s journal Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (www.brill.com/jesh) . Please see the table of contents for more information.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / J.J.L Gommans and H.T. Zurndorfer -- Lands Under State Cultivation Under The T’Ang / Denis Twitchett -- The Birth Of Capitalism In China / E. Balazs -- A Cycle Of Economic Change In Imperial China: Coal And Iron In Northeast China, 750-1350 / Robert Hartwell -- Maritime Commerce And Its Relation To The Sung Navy / Jung-Pang Lo -- Estate And Family Management In The Later Han As Seen In The Monthly Instructions For The Four Classes Of People / Patricia Ebrey -- The Merchant Network In 16th Century China A Discussion And Translation Of Zhang Han’s \'On Merchants\' / Timothy Brook -- Is There An East Asian Development Path? Long-Term Comparisons, Constraints, And Continuities / Kenneth Pomeranz -- A New Interpretation Of Indian History / A.L. Basham -- Law And The Social Order In India Before The Muhammad An Conquests / J. Duncan M. Derrett -- Religious Networks And Royal Influence In Eleventh Century South India / George. W. Spencer -- International Trade And Foreign Diplomacy In Early Medieval South India / Kenneth R. Hall -- The Genesis And Historical Role Of The Masterweavers In South Indian Textile Production / Vijaya Ramaswamy -- Water Works And Irrigation System In India During Pre-Mughal Times / Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui.