The Economic History Of China by Richard von Glahn
From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
A concise, sweeping narrative of China's economic development from ancient times through the nineteenth century, tracing agricultural productivity, demographic change, commercialization and urbanization, the evolution of markets and monetary systems, and the role of state institutions and infrastructure. It compares regional variations, technological and institutional innovations (such as canal networks, market integration, coinage and the silver standard), and examines how fiscal policies and external trade pressures shaped episodes of growth and stagnation. The work emphasizes long-term patterns of continuity and transformation to reassess conventional explanations for China's premodern economic trajectory.
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- 2016
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- American
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- English
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