{"product_id":"the-cambridge-economic-history-of-china-9781108425537","title":"The Cambridge Economic History of China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first comprehensive synthesis of Chinese economic history, past and present, in English. Volume II covers the period from 1800 to the present in twenty-one thematically and chronologically organized chapters, charting the development of the institutions, ideas, technologies, and social and political forces that shaped China's modern economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I greatly enjoyed this work, as much as the first volume. The research is incisive, clearly presented, and the volume is very cogently organized.' Jamin Andreas Hübner, EH.net (Economic History Association)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Volume II Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn; Part I. 1800–1950: 1. Ideology and the contours of economic change 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. State enterprises during the first half of the twentieth century Morris L. Bian; 7. Money and macro-economy Dan Li, 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. The economic impact of the West: A reappraisal James Kung; 12. Foreign trade and investment Carol Shiue and Wolfgang Keller; 13. Transport and communication infrastructure Elisabeth Köll; 14. Education and human capital Pei Gao, Bas van Leeuwen, 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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019400937815,"sku":"9781108425537","price":119.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108425537.jpg?v=1750780157","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cambridge-economic-history-of-china-9781108425537","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}