A Probe Into The Social Economy Of Laizhou Prefecture In Shandong Province In The Ming And Qing Dynasties (1368-1840)

The aim is to find out the condition of the economy,including agriculture,handicraft industry,commerce and so on.We solve the problem by longitudinal contrasting different dynasty,contacting with different trades or factors.The article is orgnized by traditional classification method and special things of Laizhou economy.There are six parts in this article,including the Laizhou economy general situation,agriculture,handicraft industry,commerce,the economy as a whole.The part of Laizhou general situation introduces some situations connected with the Laizhou economy,including administration measure,direction destinations,the position of Laizhou,the climate and landform.The part of agriculture introduces taxes system using taxes historical materials.Then find out the situation of agriculture,handicraft industry,commerce,the connection among the three aspects using taxes historical data.The historical materials and data are not many and we have to use them repeatedly to find more conclusions.The part of Laizhou agriculture also includes agricultural producing situaitions,for example,the crop breeds,the system of cultivation,the fertility of soil,farming tools,water conservancy,forestry,animal husbandry,side-line production and fishery.The part of handicraft industry introduces the situations of different professions,the order according to the scale.Some situations of handicraft industry have already been mentioned in the part of agriculture and will not be given more unneccessary details any more.At the end of the handicraft industry,we talk about the situaitons of the capitalist system coming into existence in Laizhou.The part of the commerce includes some analyzings in different points of views.Some situations of commerce have also already been mentioned in the part of agriculture and will not be given more unneccessary details any more.The part of the economy as a whole is about the connection of its constituent parts,some connections are mentioned in the part of agriculture.The part of the whole economy is also with a view to the variation of the whole economy and the reason of the variation,and maybe people now can be aroused.The part of the whole economy talks about the reason of the distinction between Chinese and Western in Ming Ching Dynasty based on the research of Laizhou economy situation in Ming Ching Dynasty.