Introduction Part I. Notes on Famine in China: 1. Preliminary considerations on natural calamities 2. The problem of vagrancy 3. Social unrest 4. Famine and landlordism Part II. Bureaucratic Intervention: 5. Problems of bureaucratic organization 6. Investigating famine 7. Providing relief 8. Supplies: the example of 1743-1744 9. Controlling prices 10. Strengthening and rebuilding production Part III. Conclusion and perspectives: 11. Introductory remarks 12. The evolution of the state's economic means 13. Geographical distribution of famine relief 14. Recapitulation Appendix Character list Index.
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Susan Naquin (1991) studied this question.