This book is the first attempt to focus on the long-term process of economic change in pre-Communist China. It examines the extent to which China had become a modern economy by 1950 and analyzes the origins of some of the "modern" features in the traditional economy. With maps, tables and bibliography to guide the student, this concise study will provide an invaluable introduction to crucial aspects of Chinese history.
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"...Richardson's work provides a rich overview of internal economic processes, in particular the dynamic of change generated by demographic change and market forces within Chinese industry and agriculture, which are critical inputs to understanding China's growth and development." Choice
"...Richardson's presentation of major hypotheses, theories, and debates are comprehensive, balanced, lucid and...acurate....the most commendable feature of the book is Richardson's consistent and able presentation and discussion of quantitative evidence and economic statistics for almost all the major issues on national income, agriculture, industry and international trade. This is no easy task as Chinese statistics are a source of controversy." EH.NET
"Examines the development of the Chinese economy over the period 1800-1950, exploring the dynamics of the process of change and the emergence of modern features within the Chinese economy." Journal of Economic Literature
"...Richardson's presentation of major hypotheses, theories, and debates are comprehensive, balanced, lucid and...acurate....the most commendable feature of the book is Richardson's consistent and able presentation and discussion of quantitative evidence and economic statistics for almost all the major issues on national income, agriculture, industry and international trade. This is no easy task as Chinese statistics are a source of controversy." EH.NET
"Examines the development of the Chinese economy over the period 1800-1950, exploring the dynamics of the process of change and the emergence of modern features within the Chinese economy." Journal of Economic Literature
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This book is the first attempt to focus on the long-term process of economic change in pre-Communist China. It examines the extent to which China had become a modern economy by 1950 and analyses the origins of some of the 'modern' features in the traditional economy. With maps, tables and bibliography to guide the student, this concise study will provide an invaluable introduction to crucial aspects of Chinese history.
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The analysis of the emergence of modern economic development in China has centred on four issues: the categorisation of the everall experience within the spectrum form decline through stagnation to growth and development; the extent of the foreign involvement and the nature of its relationship to the domistic economy; the complex interaction of forces which determined the dynamics of change in the increasingly labour-abundant land-scare rural economy; and the role of the state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intensified commercialisation, urban industrialisation, granary system, handicraft producers, million taels, handicraft sector, modern economic growth, international depression, economic modernisation, equilibrium trap Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The analysis of the emergence of modern economic development in China has centred on four issues: the categorisation of the everall experience within the spectrum form decline through stagnation to growth and development; the extent of the foreign involvement and the nature of its relationship to the domistic economy; the complex interaction of forces which determined the dynamics of change in the increasingly labour-abundant land-scare rural economy; and the role of the state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intensified commercialisation, urban industrialisation, granary system, handicraft producers, million taels, handicraft sector, modern economic growth, international depression, economic modernisation, equilibrium trap Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Treaty Ports, North China New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Modern China (Spectrum Books) by Albert Feuerwerker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Chinese Economy in the Early Twentieth Century: Recent Chinese Studies by Tim Wright in Back Matter
- The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 3: Sui and T'ang China, 589-906 AD, Part 1 by Denis C. Twitchett in Back Matter
- Mao Zedong (Leaders of Asia) by Paul Rule in Back Matter
- The Pattern of the Chinese Past by Mark Elvin in Back Matter
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