I.B.5.c. Social and Economic History

For a review of recent work in social-economic history, including a lengthy bibliography, see:

For Chinese scholarship published in the 1980s and 1990s, see

The last article reviews scholarship on the rural economy, household types, class relations, administrative organization, family life, religion and customs.

Social History

For Japanese studies of Chinese social history from the Sung through the Ch'ing periods, see:

For recent Chinese scholarship, see:

This article reviews general surveys of Song social life as well surveys of city life and life in rural areas. The second part of the article is devoted to a discussion of research on particular aspects of Song social life including food and material culture, ritual practices, recreational activities, and religious life.

For Chinese scholarship on women during the Song Dynasty, see

The following introduces recent Chinese scholarship on marriage in the Sung

The following article evaluates the expanding field of research on clans, focusing on Chinese research published during the last twenty years.

For a review of Japanese scholarship on the clan in Song times, see

On the literati, see:

On Song demography, see:

This is a review of the problems associated with Song population registers and debates on the total population of Song and Jin China.

For a review of Japanese scholarship on tenants and servants, see

For labor impositions on the general population, see:

For studies on Sung cities, see:

Economic History

For a broad overview of the interpretation of changes in economic policy between the Tang and Song periods, see

For a review of recent Japanese work on Song economic history, see:

For annual reviews of Song economic history, see

On commercial taxes, see:

On state monopolies, see:

Focuses on the salt and tea monopolies.

For a broader approach to the tea monopoly, see:

This article reviews research on the tea industry during Tang and Song times since 1949 in China and Taiwan. Includes sections on production, markets and trade, consumption and monopolies.

For an account of Japanese scholarship on the history of Chinese water utilization, see: