The Premodern Chinese Economy: Structural Equilibrium and Capitalist Sterility

by Gang Deng

Overview

Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. These factors include:
* resource endowments
* socio-economic structure
* property rights
* state and bureaucracy
* ideology and values
* geo-political environment
* internal rebellions
* external invasions and conquests
The Premodern Chinese Economy is a comprehensive analysis of China's economic history and provides essential background to the study of this country's modern struggle for growth and development. Deng's emphasis on comparative analysis offers new insights into the concept of underdevelopment and theories of transitional economics. This will become a major reference work in the fields of Chinese studies, economic history and development studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134716555
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/04/2002
Series:	Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gang Deng

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Main Factors in the Chinese Socio-economic System 3. Trinary Structure 4. Disequilibrium, Cataclysm and Recovery 5. External Pressure and Shock: the Reinforcement of the Pattern 6. Conclusion: Dead Lock in Economic Development Appendices

Editorial Reviews

Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520 BC- 1911 AD), the author examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. Six chapters discuss resource endowments, socio- economic structure, property rights, state and bureaucracy, ideology and values, geo-political environment, internal rebellions, and external invasions and conquests. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Booknews

'An impressive work. Economic historians who study China must read it; historians interested in comparative economic development should read it.' - Economic History Review, David W. Clayton

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