INCENSE AND INDUSTRY: LABOUR AND CAPITAL IN THE TEA DISTRICTS OF HUIZHOU, CHINA.

The article presents the historiography of Chinese capitalism, focusing on the study of the late Qing tea trade. Topics covered include the basic materials describing the tea merchants of Huizhou, China in the late Qing period, an exploration of how a form of abstract time regulated the tea production process, and an analysis on the use by labour overseers in Huizhou of incense sticks to regulate the efficient completion of tasks.