{"product_id":"the-cambridge-economic-history-of-china-paperback-softback-9781108442459","title":"The Cambridge Economic History of China (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108442459","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Economic History of China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive survey of Chinese economic history from 1800 to the present from an international team of leading experts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDebin Ma (Edited by), Richard von Glahn (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108442459, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e866 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm, 1.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChina's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. Volume II, which spans China's two turbulent centuries from 1800, charts this wrenching process of an ancient empire being transformed to re-emerge as a major world power. This volume for the first time brings together the fruits of pioneering international scholarship in all dimensions of economic history to provide an authoritative and comprehensive overview of this tumultuous and dramatic transformation. In many cases, it offers a fundamental reinterpretation of major themes in Chinese economic history, such as the role of ideology, the rise of new institutions, human capital and public infrastructure, the impact of Western and Japanese imperialism, the role of external trade and investment, and the evolution of living standards in both the pre-Communist and Communist eras. The volume includes seven important chapters on the Mao and reform eras and provides a critical historical perspective linking the past with the present and future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to Volume II Debin Ma and Richard von Glahn\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 1800–1950: 1. Ideology and the contours of economic change Debin Ma\u003cbr\u003e 2. Economic transition in the nineteenth century William Rowe\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agriculture Debin Ma and Kaixiang Peng\u003cbr\u003e 4. Handicraft and modern industries Linda Grove and Toru Kubo\u003cbr\u003e 5. The state and enterprises in late Qing China Chi-kong Lai\u003cbr\u003e 6. State enterprises during the first half of the twentieth century Morris L. Bian\u003cbr\u003e 7. Money and macro-economy Dan Li, Hongzhong Yan\u003cbr\u003e 8. Public finance Elisabeth Kaske and May-li Lin\u003cbr\u003e 9. Financial institutions and financial markets Bret Sheehan and Yingui Zhu\u003cbr\u003e 10. Chinese business organization Madeleine Zelin\u003cbr\u003e 11. The economic impact of the West: A reappraisal James Kung\u003cbr\u003e 12. Foreign trade and investment Carol Shiue and Wolfgang Keller\u003cbr\u003e 13. Transport and communication infrastructure Elisabeth Köll\u003cbr\u003e 14. Education and human capital Pei Gao, Bas van Leeuwen, Meimei Wang\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 1950–Present: 15. The origin of China's communist institutions Chenggang Xu\u003cbr\u003e 16. China under the command economy in 1950–1977 Dwight H. Perkins\u003cbr\u003e 17. Living standards in Maoist China Chris Bramall\u003cbr\u003e 18. The political economy of China's Great Leap Famine James Kung\u003cbr\u003e 19. China's external economic relations during the Mao era Amy King\u003cbr\u003e 20. Chinese economy in the reform era Barry Naughton\u003cbr\u003e 21. China's great boom as a historical process Loren Brandt and Thomas G. 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