此书是英语学术界一个世纪以来，第一部以山西票号为主体的专著。作者在书中，以山西票号的历史沿革为切入点，深入讨论了以下几个问题：近代中国货币制度、民间金融资本与国家制度之间的互动；中国内陆资本主义在西方殖民主义背景下的原生发展和沿革；以及中国内陆商业家庭在上述政治、经济、金融、社会等大分流背景下做出的适应和改变。 该书对海外中国史研究的意义在于：生动还原了中国内陆民间金融机构及商人家庭在近代中国中西货币金融与经济交流飞速变迁背景下的原生发展轨迹，并创造性地提出了“内陆资本主义”这一全新的概念和研究范式。“内陆资本主义”这一概念-范式，反思、修正了英语学术界以中国沿海城市的发展和变迁作为近代中国变迁的标杆，同时批判了把中国内陆作为沿海城市的反面典型这一流行了近百年的隐性欧洲中心论。 This book is the first Western monog...(展开全部)

此书是英语学术界一个世纪以来，第一部以山西票号为主体的专著。作者在书中，以山西票号的历史沿革为切入点，深入讨论了以下几个问题：近代中国货币制度、民间金融资本与国家制度之间的互动；中国内陆资本主义在西方殖民主义背景下的原生发展和沿革；以及中国内陆商业家庭在上述政治、经济、金融、社会等大分流背景下做出的适应和改变。 该书对海外中国史研究的意义在于：生动还原了中国内陆民间金融机构及商人家庭在近代中国中西货币金融与经济交流飞速变迁背景下的原生发展轨迹，并创造性地提出了“内陆资本主义”这一全新的概念和研究范式。“内陆资本主义”这一概念-范式，反思、修正了英语学术界以中国沿海城市的发展和变迁作为近代中国变迁的标杆，同时批判了把中国内陆作为沿海城市的反面典型这一流行了近百年的隐性欧洲中心论。 This book is the first Western monog...(展开全部)

This volume explores the dissemination of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya tradition in Tang China (618–907) in the context of the dispersal of the state bureaucracy throughout the empire and the changing centre–periphery dynamics. The tradition’s development in China during the Tang Dynasty has traditionally been associated with northern China, particularly the capital city of Chang’a...(展开全部)

This volume explores the dissemination of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya tradition in Tang China (618–907) in the context of the dispersal of the state bureaucracy throughout the empire and the changing centre–periphery dynamics. The tradition’s development in China during the Tang Dynasty has traditionally been associated with northern China, particularly the capital city of Chang’a...(展开全部)

This wholly original reassessment of critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic, and ecological change in inland North China during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic. Using many new sources, Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the development of certain regions entailed the systematic underdevelopment of other regions. He maps changes in local finance, farm...(展开全部)

This wholly original reassessment of critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic, and ecological change in inland North China during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic. Using many new sources, Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the development of certain regions entailed the systematic underdevelopment of other regions. He maps changes in local finance, farm...(展开全部)