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SUMMARY: A Price History of Ming Famine
DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Tim Brook (UBC) Although China in the Ming period had
  a large and sophisticated grain market\, almost no grain price data surviv
 e – except for when famine struck. This presentation explores the possibili
 ties and limits of what 774 famine pieces over half a dynasty might be able
  to tell us about the economic history […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <h3>Speaker: Tim Brook (UBC)</h3><p>Although 
 China in the Ming period had a large and sophisticated grain market\, almos
 t no grain price data survive - except for when famine struck.</p><p>This p
 resentation explores the possibilities and limits of what 774 famine pieces
  over half a dynasty might be able to tell us about the economic history of
  China in the 16th and 17th centuries.</p><p><img class="aligncenter wp-ima
 ge-16732 " src="https://hist.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/20
 20/02/EconHist_Spring2020_event1-BROOK-1024x786.jpg" alt="" width="1033" he
 ight="793" /></p><p> </p>
CATEGORIES:Cluster,Economic History
LOCATION:Buchanan Tower - room 1197
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