Integrated Historical Materials on Northeast Agricultural Economy (Volume 1)

Author: Zheng Yi
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Publish Date: 2001-01-05
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 to compile 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 continuity of land management, the collection of taxes and corvée labor, the influx of settlers and exiles 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, tribute affairs, 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 comprehensiveness, magnificence, and invaluable nature. The series consists of 7 volumes, totaling approximately 3.6 million words. This book selects the complete collection of Northeast agricultural economic historical materials from the Veritable Records of the Qing Dynasty, including all relevant historical records. During the selection and compilation process, the Zhonghua Book Company's photolithographic edition is used as the base text, while the Tokyo Daito Publishing Co., Ltd.'s photolithographic edition from 1934 to 1936 is used as a reference for collation.