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      China's Political Economy in Modern Times
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      China's Political Economy in Modern Times

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      China's Political Economy in Modern Times book

      Changes and Economic Consequences, 1800-2000

      China's Political Economy in Modern Times

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      China's Political Economy in Modern Times book

      Changes and Economic Consequences, 1800-2000
      ByKent G Deng
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2011
      eBook Published 5 October 2011
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203806418
      Pages 320
      eBook ISBN 9780203806418
      Subjects Area Studies, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Humanities, Politics & International Relations
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      Deng, K.G. (2011). China's Political Economy in Modern Times: Changes and Economic Consequences, 1800-2000 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203806418

      ABSTRACT

      This book makes an important contribution to the study of changes in China’s institutions and their impact on the national economy as well as ordinary people’s daily material life from 1800 to 2000. Kent Deng reveals China’s mega-cycle of prosperity-poverty-prosperity without the usual attribution to the 1840 Opium War, or the alleged population pressure, class struggle and oriental despotism. The book challenges the conventional view on ‘rebellions’, ‘revolutions’ and their alleged motivations and outcomes. Its findings separate commonly circulated myth with reality based on solid evidence and careful evaluation. The benchmark used by the author is people’s entitlement and mundane day-to-day material well being, instead of the stereotype of aggregates of industrial hardware and national GDP.

      China’s Political economy in Modern Times proves that state-building was the prime mover in China’s modern history. Contrary to the popular belief in mass movement, Deng shows convincingly that changes were in most cases imposed by a minority with external help. Therefore, the quality of the state was unpredictable, seen from the anti-state that cost lives and economic growth.

      This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Chinese Economics, Chinese History, and Political Economy.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part |1 pages

      Part I

      chapter 1|10 pages

      Introduction: changes in modern China and their causes

      chapter 2|12 pages

      The Qing state and its success

      chapter 3|12 pages

      The withering state and its consequences

      chapter 4|20 pages

      Empire-wide unrest and failures in state-building, 1850–1870

      chapter 5|14 pages

      State revitalisation and federalism, 1850–1911

      chapter 6|18 pages

      Musical chairs for more state-builders in the twentieth century

      part |1 pages

      Part II

      chapter 7|9 pages

      Benchmarking economic performance, 1800–2000

      chapter 8|17 pages

      Performance with the private economy, 1800–1936

      chapter 9|29 pages

      Performance under destruction, 1937–1977

      chapter 10|12 pages

      Fast recovery, growth, development and the future

      chapter 11|5 pages

      Final conclusion

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