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Tables and Figures TABLES 1. Grain crops in Shansi province, 1914–18 36 2. Estimates of Chinese provincial rice output, 1914–18 and 1931–37 37 3. Alternative estimates of value added in Chinese cotton textiles, 1870s–19305 41 4. Sources of wheat supply for Shanghai flour mills, 1914–34 46 FIGURES 1. Trends in the share of agricultural and industrial output in gross national product 23 2. Builders' wages and the cost of living in Europe, 1440– 1760: five-yearly averages 27 3. Labor markets in two localities 53 4. Fundamentals of labor market analysis 88 5. Analysis of missing markets 91 6. The market for slaves in the North and the South 92 7. International labor markets and migration 96 8. The choice between work and leisure 100 9. Unionization and the elasticity of labor demand 109 10. A reader's guide to the conversation of Clio and Hades 121 vii viii Tables and Figures 11. The wheel of wealth 154 12. Initial disequilibriumeffects of the opening of trade: China's cotton yarn imports as of 1870 219 13. Distributional effects of iron and steel imports into China, 1900–192.9 225 ...

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