How Long to Read The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 2 minutes to read The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700 by Joseph P. McDermott

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Description

This volume is written for anyone who has wondered about the growth of Chinese businesses and their relation to Chinese family and government institutions. Making full use of its partner volume's findings on village institutions in the southern prefecture of Huizhou, this volume explains how late imperial China's key regional group of merchants emerged from this prefecture's village lineages. It identifies the strategies they deployed to overcome the serious obstacles to their domination of major financial transactions and commodity markets throughout much of China from 1500 to 1700. At the same time it describes how the commercial success enjoyed by these 'house firms' undermined their lineages' social stability, making them vulnerable to competition from popular religious cults back home. In recounting how rural and urban institutions interacted through state and economic development, McDermott provides a powerful new framework for understanding late imperial China's distinctive trajectory to social and economic transformation.

How long is The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700?

The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700 by Joseph P. McDermott is 481 pages long, and a total of 120,731 words.

This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 59 minutes to read The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700?

The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500–1700 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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