摘要
The traditional view holds that the root cause of North China’s low agricultural productivity was the scarcity of land relative to population. This article argues, however, that even a broader empirical study of North China in the Qing would be hard-pressed to reach this conclusion. Lower agricultural productivity and poverty were not necessary results of population pressure. These conditions had to have been the result of deeper constraining factors.
The traditional view holds that the root cause of North China's low agricultural productivity was the scarcity of land relative to population. This article argues, however, that even a broader empirical study of North China in the Qing would be hard-pressed to reach this conclusion. Lower agricultural productivity and poverty were not necessary results of population pressure. These conditions had to have been the result of deeper constraining factors.
出处
《清史研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
1999年第2期54-61,共8页
The Qing History Journal
