Economic history of modern China
By: Joseph C.H. Chai
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781847209375
Subjects: Economic conditions
Description: As a country's current development is path dependent, the rise of China and its strategic implications can only be understood in a historical context. Hence, the key to understanding contemporary China is the understanding of its past. So far there has been an absence of a comprehensive text dealing with Chinese economic history in the English language. An Economic History of Modern China fills this important gap, focusing on modern Chinese economic growth and comprehensively surveying the patterns of China's growth experience over the past 200 years, from the Opium wars to the present day. Key events are traced back to their foundations in history to explain their impact on China's modern economic growth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.