Economic Change in China, c.1800-1950

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-521-58396-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 137 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 305 g

Reihe: New Studies in Economic and Social History

This 1999 book provides a concise introduction to the economic history of one of the major world powers. China is probably the only major economy for which it is still not certain whether modern economic growth at the aggregate level had taken hold by the middle of the twentieth century. This introductory analysis of the process of economic change in China from the end of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth looks at the nature of the traditional economy, covers the pressure it came under from both internal and external sources during the nineteenth century and assesses the evolution of modern features in the twentieth. With maps, tables and bibliography to guide the student, this concise study will provide an invaluable introduction to crucial aspects of Chinese history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Analytical frameworks; 2. The eighteenth-century legacy and the early nineteenth-century crisis; 3. Growth and structural change; 4. Foreign trade and investment; 5. Industry: traditional and modern; 6. Agriculture; 7. The state and the economy; 8. Conclusion: the legacy of the past.