Integrated Historical Materials on Northeast Agricultural Economy (Volume II)

Author: Zheng Yi, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: The Northeast Agricultural Economic Historical Materials Collection is a series of large-scale documentary literature. This series maximally collects various major historical classics, local chronicles, imperial edicts with imperial seals, and other historical archives primarily following the Qing Dynasty. After undergoing stages of searching, selecting, verifying, collating, processing, and arranging, it meticulously extracts original records related to Northeast agricultural economy, thereby compiling the books. The content selected in the series is extremely extensive, including: the evolution of land ownership systems, the development of land ownership forms, changes in land policies, the processes of prohibition, relaxation, and reopening, the continuation of land management practices, the collection of taxes and corvée labor, the influx of settlers and convicts and their contributions to development, the establishment of various agricultural organizations, the adoption and promotion of agricultural technologies, agricultural surveys, disasters, famine relief, and grain storage, ginseng cultivation, forestry and handicrafts related to agriculture, and trade activities related to agricultural products, etc. It objectively and authoritatively reflects the overall development of Northeast agriculture during the Qing Dynasty, demonstrating its vastness and great value. The series is divided into 7 volumes, totaling approximately 3.6 million words.