The premodern Chinese economy : structural equilibrium and capitalist sterility / / Gang Deng
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| Autore: |
Deng Gang <1953->
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| Titolo: |
The premodern Chinese economy : structural equilibrium and capitalist sterility / / Gang Deng
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (436 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.951 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic history |
| Soggetto geografico: | China Economic conditions To 1644 |
| China Economic conditions 1644-1912 | |
| China History Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C | |
| China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-408) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: problems and a new insight; Main factors in the Chinese socio-economic system; Trinary structure: origin, tension and equilibrium; Disequilibrium, cataclysm and recovery; External pressure and shock: the reinforcement of the pattern; Conclusion: deadlock in economic development; Appendices; The Ming-Qing price revolution and population growth; Dissemination of agricultural technology in China; Peasant behavioural patterns; China's pseudo-feudalism |
| Choices for a dualistic peasant household economyEstimation of tax rates; Land reforms and anti-concentration of landholding; Population growth and arable land; Data concerning mass rebellions; Cotton and its diffusion in China; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 conquestsThe Premodern Chinese Economy is a comprehensive analysis of China's economic history and provides essential background to the |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The premodern Chinese economy |
| ISBN: | 1-134-71655-9 |
| 1-134-71656-7 | |
| 1-280-33094-5 | |
| 0-203-03103-2 | |
| 0-203-17125-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818483003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 13.