The Cambridge Economic History of China
2 Volume Hardback Set
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Part of The Cambridge Economic History of China
- Editors:
- Debin Ma, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
- Richard von Glahn, University of California, Los Angeles
- Date Published: May 2022
- availability: In stock
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781107146068
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Building on a wide array of recent scholarship, the two volumes of The Cambridge Economic History of China bring together the fruits of pioneering international studies in all dimensions of economic history, past and present. Exploring themes including political economy, agriculture, industry and trade, technology, ecological change, demography, law, urban development, standards of living, consumption, financial institutions, and national income, the two volumes together provide broad temporal coverage across all of Chinese history, including recent developments in contemporary China.
Read more- Comprehensive but accessible coverage of all aspects of Chinese economic history
- Together the two volumes provide broad temporal coverage across all of Chinese history, including recent developments in contemporary China
- Draws on contributions by a diverse range of international experts
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'Reading the two volumes is a marvelous learning experience. The set is an outstanding piece that draws from the most up-to-date scholarship at the frontiers of knowledge in many dimensions of economic history. It certainly fulfills its promise to serve as a standard reference and a rich resource for teaching.' Xiaojia Hou, H-Net Review
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- Date Published: May 2022
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781107146068
- length: 1400 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 80 mm
- weight: 3.26kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Volume I: Introduction to Volume I Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn
Part I. Before 1000:
1. The economy of late pre-imperial China: Archaeological perspectives Lothar von Falkenhausen
2. Agriculture and its environmental impact Motoko Hara
3. State and economy: Production, extraction, and distribution Richard von Glahn
4. Markets, money, and merchants Yōhei Kakinuma
5. Economic philosophy and political economy Richard von Glahn
6. Silk Road trade and foreign economic influences Xinru Liu
Interlude. The Tang-Song transition in Chinese economic history Richard von Glahn
Part II. 1000 to 1800:
7. Ecological change and resource constraints David A. Bello
8. Population change Shuji Cao
9. Public finance Christian Lamouroux and Richard von Glahn
10. Political economy Helen Dunstan
11. Law and the market economy Billy K. L. So and Sufumi So
12. Property rights and factor markets Mio Kishimoto
13. The rural economy Kenneth Pomeranz
14. Cities and the urban economy Harriet Zurndorfer
15. The monetary system Akinobu Kuroda
16. Merchants and commercial networks Joseph P. McDermott
17. Foreign trade Angela Schottenhammer
18. Production, consumption, and living standards Zhiwu Chen and Kaixiang Peng. Volume II: Introduction to Volume II Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn
Part I. 1800–1950:
1. Ideology and the contours of economic changes in modern China during 1850–1950 Debin Ma
2. Economic transition in the nineteenth century William Rowe
3. Agriculture Debin Ma and Kaixiang Peng
4. Handicraft and modern industries Linda Grove and Toru Kubo
5. The state and enterprises in late Qing China Chi-kong Lai
6. Development and expansion of central and regional state enterprises during the first half of the twentieth century Morris L. Bian
7. Money and macro-economy Dan Li and Hongzhong Yan
8. Public finance Elisabeth Kaske and May-li Lin
9. Financial institutions and financial markets Bret Sheehan and Yingui Zhu
10. Chinese business organization Madeleine Zelin
11. Impact of the west: Findings from the new data James Kung
12. Foreign trade and investment Carol Shiue and Wolfgang Keller
13. Transport and communication infrastructure Elisabeth Köll
14. Education and human capital, 1800–1950 Bas van Leeuwen, Pei Gao and Meimei Wang
Part II. 1950–Present:
15. The origin of China's communist institutions Chenggang Xu
16. China under the command economy in 1950–1977 Dwight H. Perkins
17. Living standards in Maoist China Chris Bramall
18. The political economy of China's Great Leap Famine James Kung
19. China's external economic relations during the Mao era Amy King
20. Chinese economy in the reform era Barry Naughton
21. China's great boom as a historical process Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski.
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