Nanny Kim analyses two transports systems into the Southwest of Qing China, focussing on shipping on the Upper Changjiang and road transport into central Yunnan, examining concrete technologies, economics, and the transporters in local societies and environments.
Author(s): Nanny Kim
Series: Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600–1900; 13
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 647
City: Leiden
Tags: Transport
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Place Names and Measures
Illustrations
Introduction
1 Research Questions
2 The Geography
3 The Period
4 Book Structure
Chapter 1 Transport Systems and the Southwest
1 Introduction
2 Transport Technologies
3 Transport Zones
4 The Southwest
5 Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Gorges’ River
1 Introduction
2 Perspectives and Sources
3 Shipping on Mountain Rivers
4 The Gorges’ River
5 Shipping Volumes
6 Navigation through the Gorges
7 The Industrial Transformation
8 Conclusion
Chapter 3 The Boats
1 Introduction
2 The Late Traditional mayangzi
3 The Texts
4 Miscellaneous Records
5 Distributions of mayangzi and qiuzi
6 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Boatmen at Work
1 Introduction
2 Representations
3 Tasks on Board
4 Conclusion
Chapter 5 The River Society
1 Introduction
2 Structures for Divine Protection and Mutual Help
3 The Composite Incomes of Boatmen
4 Incomes and Living Standards
5 Women and Families in River Society
6 Household Economics
7 Conclusion
Chapter 6 The Gorges’ River as a Waterway
1 Introduction
2 Forests and Shipping
3 River Engineering
4 Rescue Services
5 Conclusion
Chapter 7 The Roads into Yunnan
1 Introduction
2 The Routes
3 Transport Volumes
4 Transport Technologies
5 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Mint Metals and Transport Networks
1 Introduction
2 Yunnan Copper and Guizhou Zinc for the Imperial Mints
3 The Routes Out of Yunnan and Guizhou
4 Infrastructure Development Projects
5 Infrastructure Maintenance
6 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Private Philanthropy and Transport Networks
1 Introduction
2 Road Projects
3 Bridges and Ferries in Zhenxiong and Yongshan
4 Conclusion
Chapter 10 Muleteers, Porters, and Cart Drivers
1 Introduction
2 Part 1: Quantitative Reconstructions
3 Part 2: People in the Transport Trade
4 Discussion
Chapter 11 Transport Systems and Trans-regional Integration
1 Introduction
2 Synthesis
3 Economics
4 The Costs of Transport
5 Conclusion
Appendix 1 Annotated Bibliography of Sources on Late Traditional Shipping on the Upper Changjiang
Appendix 2 Boats and Boatmen of the Gorges’ River in Late Traditional Accounts
Appendix 3 Rare Primary Materials on the Upper Changjiang
Appendix 4 Glossary of Key Terms in Upper Changjiang Shipping
Appendix 5 Transporters of the Southwest in Late Traditional Accounts
Appendix 6 Notes on the Reconstruction of Transport Volumes on the Zhaotong and Weinings Roads ca. 1890–1900 in Tables 7.2 and 7.3
Appendix 7 Reconstructions of Transport Efficiencies
Bibliography
Index
