1. Socioeconomic History in Space: Song-Jia Region of Late Ming China as Seen in a GIS Dataset PNC 2005 Annual Conference Honolulu, November 2, 2005 Billy K. L. So, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Lin Hui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2. Project on Cotton Textile Industry in Songjiang Region during the Late Ming Period  The region of Ming Songjiangfu and Ming Jiading county in the Lower Yangzi delta (modern Shanghai)  c.a. 1550 to 1644  This region was the major cotton textile production area of late imperial China.

3. Three major objectives  To construct a micro dataset of Historical GIS featuring the spatial structure of the region where this industry prospered;  To reinterpret the economic performance of this cotton economy based on the newly constructed GIS dataset;  To explore the institutional matrix of the cotton industry in the late Ming Songjiang Region.

4. Historical GIS Database on the Songjiang Region in late Ming China  Presents the GIS dataset outcome of this project.  The data of this GIS Dataset can be downloaded free by researchers but is only for research purpose.  If used for academic or educational, it must be clearly acknowledged.  New data, more accurate data, better organization of the data, analysis output of the data, and etc. are most welcome.

5. Data under seven categories  a) cities and towns;  b) boundaries of sub-district level admin unit of bao and du and the population data;  c) transportation routes and docks;  d) eminent families in Songjiangfu;  e) temples;  f) schools; and  g) topography and reference maps.

6. Limitations of the Data  Scarcity of historical data  Lapse of recorded data  Use of illustrative maps  Use of estimates  Inconsistency across places  No sequential and comparable data for construction of Time-Map during this period  Change of landscape and the limitations of contemporary digital or remote sensing data

7. The website: http://www.jlgis.cuhk.edu.hk/songjiang/

9. 研究項目簡介 研究項目簡介 The Research Project (with English) 研究人員 研究人員 The Research Team (with English) 數據庫簡介 數據庫簡介 The Dataset: An Introduction (With English) 數據庫 數據庫 The Dataset 使用者登記 使用者登記 Registration 數據應用示範 數據應用示範 Demonstration 相關連結 相關連結 Links 軟件下載 軟件下載 Software Download

10. 鎮市鎮市 都保界線 與人口情 況 交通 路線 與渡 頭 松江 府的 著姓 望族 寺廟學校地貌 Town Boundaries of sub-district units with population data Trade route Eminent families TempleSchool Topo- graphy

11. 類目 Category 內容簡介 Description 圖像 Picture 下載 Download 鎮市 Town 明清時代松江地區興起的鎮和市， 是重構保級行政區的重要線索， 是 MSJGIS 的首個設計步驟。 我們按照底圖的資料，參以各部 方志的記載，作出精細的鎮市定 點。 …. Towns are important points of reference in the construction of the MSGIS. Their locations are based on our base maps. …. 松江府鎮市 ( 由明至清 ) Towns of Songjiang 嘉定縣鎮市 ( 由明至清 ) Towns of Jia- ding

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