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Richard Von Glahn - The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century - 9781107615700 - V9781107615700
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The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

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Description for The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century Paperback. The first comprehensive study of China's economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w illus. 33 maps 53 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
China's extraordinary rise as an economic powerhouse in the past two decades poses a challenge to many long-held assumptions about the relationship between political institutions and economic development. Economic prosperity also was vitally important to the longevity of the Chinese Empire throughout the preindustrial era. Before the eighteenth century, China's economy shared some of the features, such as highly productive agriculture and sophisticated markets, found in the most advanced regions of Europe. But in many respects, from the central importance of irrigated rice farming to family structure, property rights, the status of merchants, the monetary system, and the imperial state's ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
752g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107615700
SKU
V9781107615700
Shipping Time
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99-1

About Richard Von Glahn
Richard von Glahn is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has taught Chinese and world history since 1987. His primary field of research is the economic history of premodern China, with a particular focus on the period 1000-1700. He has previously published three monographs in Chinese history, including Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary ... Read more

Reviews for The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
'Richard von Glahn, one of the leading historians of China's middle period, has written the first truly comprehensive economic history of China in English. Giving due consideration to the role of geography, natural endowment, and a changing ideological, social and political landscape, von Glahn's masterful synthesis is destined to become the go-to reference on the forces that shaped China's political ... Read more

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