ABSTRACT

This book contains original essays on various aspect of the Han’s political economy and its legacy, written by leading Chinese and Western scholars whose collective expertise spans Economic History, History of Economic Thought and Sinology.

chapter 1|30 pages

The political economy of the Han

Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

From contention to unification

Transformation of economic thought in the Han Dynasty and its heritage

chapter 10|20 pages

Sima Qian and laissez-faire

Satire on a “discordant and degenerate age”