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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      February 2022
      February 2022
      ISBN:
      9781108587334
      9781108425575
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108587334
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.32kg, 732 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Economic History
      Series:
      The Cambridge Economic History of China
      Collection:
      Cambridge Histories - Asian History
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    Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Economic History
    Series:
    The Cambridge Economic History of China
    Collection:
    Cambridge Histories - Asian History
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    China's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. But China's prominence in the global economy is hardly new. Since 500 BCE, a dynamic market economy and the establishment of an enduring imperial state fostered precocious economic growth. Yet Chinese society and government featured distinctive institutions that generated unique patterns of economic development. The six chapters of Part I of this volume trace the forms of livelihood, organization of production and exchange, the role of the state in economic development, the evolution of market institutions, and the emergence of trans-Eurasian trade from antiquity to 1000 CE. Part II, in twelve thematic chapters, spans the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800 and surveys diverse fields of economic history, including environment, demography, rural and urban development, factor markets, law, money, finance, philosophy, political economy, foreign trade, human capital, and living standards.

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    ‘I enjoyed reading the first volume of The Cambridge Economic History of China and highly recommend it to others who want to go a bit beyond short surveys on this area without getting too tangled in the weeds. While not intending to be ‘revisionist’ per se, it is sure to challenge some preconceived beliefs about the world’s largest nation - and its dynamic, vibrant, and rich history.’

    Jamin Andreas Hübner Source: EH.net (Economic History Association)

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