Primitive Civilizations

by Simcox, Edith Jemima

• ISBN13: 9781108021852
• ISBN10: 1108021859
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-04
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Edith Simcox (1844-1901) was a prominent British feminist, social critic, and prolific writer. She published many articles and essays advocating support for women's rights to education, improved working conditions and suffrage. Her scholarly works in philosophy and economic history sought to demonstrate that contemporary capitalism was not the only route to a prosperous society. These volumes, first published in 1897, contain a comparative analysis of the economic history of ancient societies. Simcox discusses and compares aspects of economic history including ownership, industry and commerce, and domestic relations and ownership rights within families, in ancient Egypt, Sumeria and China. Through her comparisons, this pioneering volume examines economic effects on the proprietary rights of women, demonstrating that gender relations and contemporary ideals were not consistent across ancient cultures. Volume 2 contains her discussion of ancient and medieval China. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=simced

Table of Contents

Ownership in China

The land and its history

The ancient monarchy

Political ethics and political economy

The rural economy of the Chow

Industry and trade in the middle antiquity of China

Social and domestic relations in mediaeval China

Feudalism and the fall of Chow

The philosophers of the hundred schools

The usurpation of T'sin and the burning of the books

Reign of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-229 AD)

From the Three Kingdoms to the Souy Dynasty (221-620 AD)

The Tang Dynasty (620-907 AD)

Chinese finance from the Han to the Tang Dynasty

Posterior dynasties and the Sung (907-1280 AD)

Agrarian economy and the innovator's laws

Taxation and finance under the Sung

Two literary statesmen of the Sung Dynasty

Controversies, the schools and the examinations

Foreign accounts of China under the Sung and the first Mongols

The Mongols after Kubla

The Ming Dynasty (1368-1649 AD)

Education, art, and social changes under the Ming

Foreign accounts of China under the Ming

The Mantchu Dynasty, called Tsing, 1644-****

Contemporary China

Life in Chinese villages

The wages and organization of industry

Commerce and trade

The law of marriage and inheritance

Agrarian laws and customs

Financial and mercantile offences

Miscellaneous laws, administration and social institutions

Conclusions

Appendices

Index

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