The premodern Chinese economy
Subtitle: structural equilibrium and capitalist sterility
By: Gang Deng.
Series: Routledge explorations in economic history ;; 13
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: China -- Economic conditions -- To 1644.; China -- Economic conditions -- 1644-1912.; China -- History -- Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C.; China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Description: Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520 BC-1911 AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. The Premodern Chinese Economy is a comprehensive analysis of China's economic history and provides essential background to the study of this country's modern struggle for growth and development. Deng's emphasis on comparative analysis offers new insights into the concept of underdevelopment and theories of transitional economics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-408) and index.