Susan Naquin and Evelyn S. Rawski.
Part One: Qing Society / Government Policies ; Social Relations ; Cultural Life -- Part Two: Change and Diversity in Eighteenth-Century Society / Social Change ; Regional Societies ; The Eighteenth-Century Legacy.
Includes bibliography (p. 243-263) and Index.

Family, fields, and ancestors : constancy and change in China's social and economic history, 1550-1949 / Lloyd E. Eastman.

"This study synthesizes recent research on China's social and economic history, offering a perspective on the four centuries from the Ming Dynasty to the Communist revolution. Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author clarifies the complexities of Chinese society, covering a wide range of topics from population trends, class structure and religion to agriculture, commerce and manufacturing."

Global history with Chinese characteristics : autocratic states along the silk road in the decline of the Spanish and Qing empires 1680-1796 / Manuel Perez-Garcia.

Introduction: The Implementation of the New Global History in China -- The "Global History Paradox" in China: Sinocentred Approaches along the Silk Road -- The Mandate of Heaven, the Rule of the Emperor: Self-sufficiency of the Middle-Kingdom -- Silver, Rogues, and Trade Networks: Sangleyes and Manila Galleons connecting the Spanish Empire and Qing China -- Conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Book examines perceptions and dialogues between China and Europe by analysing strategic geopolitical sites which fostered commerce, consumption and socioeconomic networks between China and Europe through a particular case study: Macau, connecting with South China, and Marseille in Mediterranean Europe from 1680 to 1800. How did foreign merchant networks and trans-national communities of Macau and Marseille operate during the eighteenth century and contribute to somehow transfer respectively European and Chinese socio-cultural habits and forms in local population? What was the degree and channels of consumption of European goods in China and Chinese goods in Europe? Through these questions the book explores the bilateral Sino-European trade relations and considers how the trans-national dimension of exotic commodities changed tastes by creating a new type of global consumerism.

Local access dig.pdf. [Perez-Garcia-Globa history Chinese characteristics.pdf] 

Link to BC Libraries online edition

"In light of East Asia's current economic success, it has become increasingly clear that Confucian social thought, long assumed in Western scholarship to be a major stumbling block to economic development, can, under the proper circumstances, have exactly the opposite effect. Lufrano's study is the most sustained and sophisticated of recent reevaluations of Confucianism's role in the rapid commercial development in the late Ming to mid-Qing period. It will be of great interest and value to scholars in the growing field of Chinese business history and should be welcomed by those interested in the Confucian roots of Pacific Rim business practice."--Jacket.

1. The Late Imperial World: Commerce, Education, and Society -- 2. The Confucian Origins of the Apprentice's Education -- 3. The Apprentice's Education Begins -- 4. Relations with Government and Community -- 5. Personal Relations in the Marketplace -- 6. The Market, Management, Money, and Finance -- 7. Travel and Crime -- Conclusion: Self-Cultivation in Mid-Level Merchant Culture -- App. The Maoyi xuzhi Manual.

Another copy Gleeson Library.
Book review online at H-Net Reviews.

Contents: 第1冊. Bupingdeng tiaoyue yu pingdeng xinyue 不平等條約與平等新約 -- 第2冊. Shehui jingji 社會經濟 -- 第3冊. Caizheng jingji 財政經濟 -- 第4冊. Huaqiao 華僑 -- 第5冊. Zhengzhi 政治 -- 第6冊. Jiaoyu 教育 -- 第7冊.Bianjiang 邊疆 -- 第8冊. Xueshu sixiang 學術思想.
Library has v. 1-5 only.
民國47- [1958- ]

Contents: V. 1. Shi qian qi zhi Xia-Yin-Shang yu Xi Zhou 史前期至夏殷商與西周 -- v. 2. Chunqiu-Zhanguo-Qin-Han-Xin Mang 春秋戰國秦漢新莽 -- v. 3. Hanmo-Wei-Jin-Nan Bei Chao-Sui-Tang-Wudai-Liang-Song-Liao-Jin-Yuan 漢末魏晉南北朝隋唐五代兩宋遼金元 -- v. 4. Mingdai Qingdai 明代清代.

Minguo 民國 48