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| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Asia in Western and World History Ainslie Thomas Embree, Carol Gluck, 1997 This comprehensive volume provides teachers and students with broad and stimulating perspectives on Asian history and its place in world and Western history. Essays by over forty leading scholars suggest many new ways of incorporating Asian history, from ancient to modern times, into core curriculum history courses. Now featuring Suggested Resources for Maps to Be Used in Conjunction with Asia in Western and World History. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Economic History of China Richard von Glahn, 2016-03-07 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 fiscal and economic policies, China's preindustrial economy diverged from the Western path of development. In this comprehensive but accessible study, Richard von Glahn examines the institutional foundations, continuities and discontinuities in China's economic development over three millennia, from the Bronze Age to the early twentieth century. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Making Of An Economic Superpower, The: Unlocking China's Secret Of Rapid Industrialization Yi Wen, 2016-05-13 The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of economic development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions, is highly inadequate in explaining China's rise. This book argues that only a radical reinterpretation of the history of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the West (as incorrectly portrayed by the institutional theory) can fully explain China's growth miracle and why the determined rise of China is unstoppable despite its current 'backward' financial system and political institutions. Conversely, China's spectacular and rapid transformation from an impoverished agrarian society to a formidable industrial superpower sheds considerable light on the fundamental shortcomings of the institutional theory and mainstream 'blackboard' economic models, and provides more-accurate reevaluations of historical episodes such as Africa's enduring poverty trap despite radical political and economic reforms, Latin America's lost decades and frequent debt crises, 19th century Europe's great escape from the Malthusian trap, and the Industrial Revolution itself. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: A Companion to Chinese History Michael Szonyi, 2017-02-06 A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China’s history from the ancient past up until the present day. Covers the major trends in the study of Chinese history from antiquity to the present day Considers the latest scholarship of historians working in China and around the world Explores a variety of long-range questions and themes which serves to bridge the conventional divide between China’s traditional and modern eras Addresses China’s connections with other nations and regions and enables non-specialists to make comparisons with their own fields Features discussion of traditional topics and chronological approaches as well as newer themes such as Chinese history in relation to sexuality, national identity, and the environment |
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| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Cross-Cultural Trade in World History Philip D. Curtin, 1984-05-25 The trade between peoples of differinf cultures, from the ancient world to the commercial revolution. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China’s Long-Term Economic Development Hongjun Zhao, 2018-08-31 This book examines the evolution of Chinese governmental governance and its long-lasting impact on Chinese economic development, firstly by examining the formation of Chinese style governance, the core contents of this governance and its vitality compared to other governance patterns in Chinese history. Secondly, this book discusses the effectiveness of this governance in supporting economic development before the Song dynasty and its failure in serving economic development during the past three to five centuries. Ultimately, Hongjun Zhao predicts the direction Chinese governance will take in the next 20 years. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Great Divergence Kenneth Pomeranz, 2021-04-13 A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the West The Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as recently as 1750, life expectancy, consumption, and product and factor markets were comparable in Europe and East Asia. Moreover, key regions in China and Japan were no worse off ecologically than those in Western Europe, with each region facing corresponding shortages of land-intensive products. Pomeranz’s comparative lens reveals the two critical factors resulting in Europe's nineteenth-century divergence—the fortunate location of coal and access to trade with the New World. As East Asia’s economy stagnated, Europe narrowly escaped the same fate largely due to favorable resource stocks from underground and overseas. This Princeton Classics edition includes a preface from the author and makes a powerful historical work available to new readers. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Pattern of the Chinese Past Mark Elvin, 1973 A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and with a documentary record covering three millennia, is still far from possible. The present work is only an attempt to disengage the major themes that seem to be of relevance to our understanding of China today. In particular, this volume studies three questions. Why did the Chinese Empire stay together when the Roman Empire, and every other empire of antiquity of the middle ages, ultimately collapsed? What were the causes of the medieval revolution which made the Chinese economy after about 1100 the most advanced in the world? And why did China after about 1350 fail to maintain her earlier pace of technological advance while still, in many respects, advancing economically? The three sections of the book deal with these problems in turn but the division of a subject matter is to some extent only one of convenience. These topics are so interrelated that, in the last analysis, none of them can be considered in isolation from the others. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Development Centre Studies Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run Maddison Angus, 1998-09-25 The study provides a major reassessment of the scale and scope of China’s resurgence over the past half century, employing quantitative measurement techniques which are standard practice in OECD countries, but which have not hitherto been available for China. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East Marco Polo, 1903 |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China's Last Empire William T. Rowe, 2010-02-15 In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. This original, thought-provoking history of China's last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: World History Eugene Berger, Brian Parkinson, Larry Israel, Charlotte Miller, Andrew Reeves, Nadejda Williams, 2014 Annotation World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History Peter Clark, 2013-02-14 In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time. Written by leading scholar, this is the first detailed survey of the world's cities and towns from ancient times to the present day. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Global History with Chinese Characteristics Manuel Perez-Garcia, 2020-11-02 This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble state capacity of Qing China questioning the so-called “High Qing” (shèng qīng 盛清) era’s economic prosperity as the political system was set into a “power paradox” or “supremacy dilemma”. This is a new thesis introduced by the author demonstrating that interventionist states entail weak governance. Macao and Marseille as a new case study aims to compare Mediterranean and South China markets to provide new insights into both modern eras’ rising trade networks, non-official institutions and interventionist impulses of autocratic states such as China’s Qing and Spain’s Bourbon empires. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Wealth and Power Orville Schell, John Delury, 2013 Two leading experts on China evaluate its rise throughout the past one hundred fifty years, sharing portraits of key intellectual and political leaders to explain how China transformed from a country under foreign assault to a world giant. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Making of Song Dynasty History Charles Hartman, 2021 A revisionist analysis of the major sources for Song history, explaining their master narrative as the product of political tension. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Modern China: A Very Short Introduction Rana Mitter, 2008-02-28 China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: A Culture of Growth Joel Mokyr, 2016-11-15 Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial Revolution During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue, leading to today's unprecedented prosperity? In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would instigate explosive technological and economic development. Bringing together economics, the history of science and technology, and models of cultural evolution, Mokyr demonstrates that culture—the beliefs, values, and preferences in society that are capable of changing behavior—was a deciding factor in societal transformations. Mokyr looks at the period 1500–1700 to show that a politically fragmented Europe fostered a competitive market for ideas and a willingness to investigate the secrets of nature. At the same time, a transnational community of brilliant thinkers known as the “Republic of Letters” freely circulated and distributed ideas and writings. This political fragmentation and the supportive intellectual environment explain how the Industrial Revolution happened in Europe but not China, despite similar levels of technology and intellectual activity. In Europe, heterodox and creative thinkers could find sanctuary in other countries and spread their thinking across borders. In contrast, China’s version of the Enlightenment remained controlled by the ruling elite. Combining ideas from economics and cultural evolution, A Culture of Growth provides startling reasons for why the foundations of our modern economy were laid in the mere two centuries between Columbus and Newton. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Imperial China, 900–1800 F. W. Mote, 1999 In this history of China for the 900-year span of the late imperial period, Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. Generational events, personalities, and the spirit of the age combine to yield a comprehensive history of the civilization. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Age of Confucian Rule Dieter Kuhn, 2011-10-15 Just over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly half of all humankind. In this concise history, we learn why the inventiveness of this era has been favorably compared with the European Renaissance, which in many ways the Song transformation surpassed. With the chaotic dissolution of the Tang dynasty, the old aristocratic families vanished. A new class of scholar-officials—products of a meritocratic examination system—took up the task of reshaping Chinese tradition by adapting the precepts of Confucianism to a rapidly changing world. Through fiscal reforms, these elites liberalized the economy, eased the tax burden, and put paper money into circulation. Their redesigned capitals buzzed with traders, while the education system offered advancement to talented men of modest means. Their rationalist approach led to inventions in printing, shipbuilding, weaving, ceramics manufacture, mining, and agriculture. With a realist’s eye, they studied the natural world and applied their observations in art and science. And with the souls of diplomats, they chose peace over war with the aggressors on their borders. Yet persistent military threats from these nomadic tribes—which the Chinese scorned as their cultural inferiors—redefined China’s understanding of its place in the world and solidified a sense of what it meant to be Chinese. The Age of Confucian Rule is an essential introduction to this transformative era. “A scholar should congratulate himself that he has been born in such a time” (Zhao Ruyu, 1194). |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Cambridge History of Capitalism Larry Neal, Jeffrey G. Williamson, 2014-01-23 The first volume of The Cambridge History of Capitalism provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of capitalism from its earliest beginnings. Starting with its distant origins in ancient Babylon, successive chapters trace progression up to the 'Promised Land' of capitalism in America. Adopting a wide geographical coverage and comparative perspective, the international team of authors discuss the contributions of Greek, Roman, and Asian civilizations to the development of capitalism, as well as the Chinese, Indian and Arab empires. They determine what features of modern capitalism were present at each time and place, and why the various precursors of capitalism did not survive. Looking at the eventual success of medieval Europe and the examples of city-states in northern Italy and the Low Countries, the authors address how British mercantilism led to European imitations and American successes, and ultimately, how capitalism became global. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China's Continuous Revolution Lowell Dittmer, 1989-01-01 |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa Keijiro Otsuka, Kaoru Sugihara, 2019-01-16 This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well as the international background under which such a transition was successfully made (or delayed), by combining the approaches of economic history and development economics. Its aim is to identify relevant historical contexts, that is, the ‘initial conditions’ and internal and external forces which governed the transition. It also aims to understand what current low-income developing countries require for their transition. Three economic driving forces for the transition are identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2) international trade, which facilitates efficient international division of labor; and (3) agricultural development, which improves food security by increasing supply of staple foods. The book presents a bold account of each driver for the transition. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Tea War Andrew B. Liu, 2020-04-14 A history of capitalism in nineteenth‑ and twentieth‑century China and India that explores the competition between their tea industries “Tea War is not only a detailed comparative history of the transformation of tea production in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but it also intervenes in larger debates about the nature of capitalism, global modernity, and global history.”— Alexander F. Day, Occidental College Tea remains the world’s most popular commercial drink today, and at the turn of the twentieth century, it represented the largest export industry of both China and colonial India. In analyzing the global competition between Chinese and Indian tea, Andrew B. Liu challenges past economic histories premised on the technical “divergence” between the West and the Rest, arguing instead that seemingly traditional technologies and practices were central to modern capital accumulation across Asia. He shows how competitive pressures compelled Chinese merchants to adopt abstract industrial conceptions of time, while colonial planters in India pushed for labor indenture laws to support factory-style tea plantations. Characterizations of China and India as premodern backwaters, he explains, were themselves the historical result of new notions of political economy adopted by Chinese and Indian nationalists, who discovered that these abstract ideas corresponded to concrete social changes in their local surroundings. Together, these stories point toward a more flexible and globally oriented conceptualization of the history of capitalism in China and India. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, Sung China, 960-1279 AD John W. Chaffee, Denis Twitchett, 2015-03-11 This is the second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty, which together provide a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. With contributions from leading historians in the field, Volume 5, Part Two paints a complex portrait of a dynasty beset by problems and contradictions, but one which, despite its military and geopolitical weakness, was nevertheless economically powerful, culturally brilliant, socially fluid and the most populous of any empire in global history to that point. In this much anticipated addition to the series, the authors survey key themes across ten chapters, including government, economy, society, religion, and thought to provide an authoritative and topical treatment of a profound and significant period in Chinese history. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Commercial Revolution in Nineteenth-century China Yen-pʻing Hao, 1986 |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering Joseph Needham, 1965-01-02 As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine. We have already noticed that the ancient Chinese concept of chhi (somewhat similar to the pneuma of the Greeks) asserted itself prominently in acoustics; but we discover here that the Chinese tendency to think pneumatically was also responsible for a whole range of brilliant technological achievements, for example, the double-acting piston-bellows, the rotary winnowing-fan, and the water-powered metallurgical blowing-machine (ancestor of the steam-engine); as well as for some extraordinary insights and predictions in aeronautics. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China Thomas Buoye, 2002 China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future combines original essays by leading experts with excerpts from primary sources, the latest scholarship, Chinese literature, and Western media reports to provide a comprehensive textbook on contemporary China. Completely updated, China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future is the latest in a series of classroom units on China from the Center of Chinese Studies at The University of Michigan. It is not only ideal for courses on contemporary China but also an excellent supplement for courses in area studies, international affairs and economics, and women's studies. Each section, in addition to essay and excerpts, also includes a bibliography of additional topical works as well as suggestions for complementary video and internet teaching resources. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China’s Imperial Past Charles O. Hucker, 1975 A panoramic survey of the course of Chinese civilization from prehistory to 1850, when the old China began to give way |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China's Crisis of Success William H. Overholt, 2018-01-11 China's Crisis of Success provides new perspectives on China's rise to superpower status, showing that China has reached a threshold where success has eliminated the conditions that enabled miraculous growth. Continued success requires re-invention of its economy and politics. The old economic strategy based on exports and infrastructure now piles up debt without producing sustainable economic growth, and Chinese society now resists the disruptive change that enabled earlier reforms. While China's leadership has produced a strategy for successful economic transition, it is struggling to manage the politics of implementing that strategy. After analysing the economics of growth, William H. Overholt explores critical social issues of the transition, notably inequality, corruption, environmental degradation, and globalisation. He argues that Xi Jinping is pursuing the riskiest political strategy of any important national leader. Alternative outcomes include continued impressive growth and political stability, Japanese-style stagnation, and a major political-economic crisis. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Chinese Economy Barry Naughton, 2007 The most comprehensive English-language overview of the modern Chinese economy, covering China's economic development since 1949 and post-1978 reforms--from industrial change and agricultural organization to science and technology. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy Nicolas Tackett, 2020-10-26 Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century—the “great clans” that had dominated China for centuries. In this book, Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance, using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources. Tackett systematically mines thousands of funerary biographies excavated in recent decades—most of them never before examined by scholars—while taking full advantage of the explanatory power of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods and social network analysis. Tackett supplements these analyses with extensive anecdotes culled from epitaphs, prose literature, and poetry, bringing to life women and men who lived a millennium in the past. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy demonstrates that the great Tang aristocratic families adapted to the social, economic, and institutional transformations of the seventh and eighth centuries far more successfully than previously believed. Their political influence collapsed only after a large number were killed during three decades of extreme violence following Huang Chao’s sack of the capital cities in 880 CE. 2015 James Breasted Prize, American Historical Association |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: A History of Chinese Science and Technology Yongxiang Lu, 2014-10-14 A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of Human Civilizations and an Overview of Chinese Science and Technology, and continuing with in-depth discussions of several issues in the History of Science and the Needham Puzzle, interspersed with topics on Astronomy, Arithmetic, Agriculture and Medicine, The Four Great Inventions, and various technological areas closely related to clothing, food, shelter and transportation. This book is the most authoritative work on the history of Chinese Science and Technology. It is the Winner of the China Book Award, the Shanghai Book Award (1st prize), and the Classical China International Publishing Project (GAPP, General Administration of Press and Publication of China) and offers an essential resource for academic researchers and non-experts alike. It originated with a series of 44 lectures presented to top Chinese leaders, which received very positive feedback. Written by top Chinese scholars in their respective fields from the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and many other respected Chinese organizations, the book is intended for scientists, researchers and postgraduate students working in the history of science, philosophy of science and technology, and related disciplines. Yongxiang Lu is a professor, former president and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Vice Chairman of the National Congress of China. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Understanding China John Bryan Starr, 2010-08-31 After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China. Succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, Understanding China remains a necessary guide for the uninitiated to everything from the Chinese economy and political system, to its intellectual freedoms and human rights, to its relationship with the rest of the world. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy Carl Trocki, 2012-11-12 Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship with mind-altering substances. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as specialists in mind, this book will be fascinating reading for historians, social scientists, as well as those involved in Asian studies, or economic history. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Song-Yuan-Ming Transition in Chinese History Paul Jakov Smith, Richard von Glahn, 2020-03-23 This volume seeks to study the connections between two well-studied epochs in Chinese history: the mid-imperial era of the Tang and Song (ca. 800-1270) and the late imperial era of the late Ming and Qing (1550-1900). Both eras are seen as periods of explosive change, particularly in economic activity, characterized by the emergence of new forms of social organization and a dramatic expansion in knowledge and culture. The task of establishing links between these two periods has been impeded by a lack of knowledge of the intervening Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). This historiographical black hole has artificially interrupted the narrative of Chinese history and bifurcated it into two distinct epochs. This book aims to restore continuity to that historical narrative by filling the gap between mid-imperial and late imperial China. The contributors argue that the Song-Yuan-Ming transition (early twelfth through the late fifteenth century) constitutes a distinct historical period of transition and not one of interruption and devolution. They trace this transition by investigating such subjects as contemporary impressions of the period, the role of the Mongols in intellectual life, the economy of Jiangnan, urban growth, neo-Confucianism and local society, commercial publishing, comic drama, and medical learning. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: Global History and New Polycentric Approaches Manuel Perez Garcia, Lucio De Sousa, 2017-12-06 This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Rethinking the ways global history is envisioned and conceptualized in diverse countries such as China, Japan, Mexico or Spain, this collections considers how global issues are connected with our local and national communities. It examines how the discipline had evolved in various historiographies, from Anglo Saxon to southern European, and its emergence in Asia with the rapid development of the Chinese economy motivation to legitimate the current uniqueness of the history and economy of the nation. It contributes to the revitalization of the field of global history in Chinese historiography, which have been dominated by national narratives and promotes a debate to open new venues in which important features such as scholarly mobility, diversity and internationalization are firmly rooted, putting aside national specificities. Dealing with new approaches on the use of empirical data by framing the proper questions and hypotheses and connecting western and eastern sources, this text opens a new forum of discussion on how global history has penetrated in western and eastern historiographies, moving the pivotal axis of analysis from national perspectives to open new venues of global history. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: China’s Revolutions and Intergenerational Relations Martin Whyte, 2021-01-19 China’s Revolutions and Intergenerational Relations counters the widely accepted notion that traditional family patterns are weakened by forces such as economic development and social revolutions. China has experienced wrenching changes on both the economic and the political fronts, yet from the evidence presented here the tradition of filial respect and support for aging parents remains alive and well. Using collaborative surveys carried out in 1994 in the middle-sized industrial city of Baoding and comparative data from urban Taiwan, the authors examine issues shaping the relationships between adult Chinese children and their elderly parents. The continued vitality of intergenerational support and filial obligations in these samples is not simply an instance of strong Confucian tradition trumping powerful forces of change. Instead, and somewhat paradoxically, the continued strength of filial obligations can be attributed largely to the institutions of Chinese socialism forged in the era of Mao Zedong. With socialist institutions now under assault in the People’s Republic of China, the future of intergenerational relations in the twenty-first century is once again uncertain. |
| china's economic revolution song dynasty: The Individual and the State in China Brian Hook, 1996 One of the most interesting questions in China studies today is the effect that the opening up of the country economically will have on the individual rights and freedoms of the population. This volume addresses that issue by considering recent changes in the relations of the state and severalgroups in the populationDSrural peasants, manual workers, the military, the intellectual community, and the youth of China. With distinguished contributors, this coherent and comprehensive volume should become an essential reference work for academics and students. |
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McNeill argued that China's economic revolution during the Song dynasty (960-1279) pulled Europe out of the depths of the Dark Ages and toward the Renaissance, and the Mongol …
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second suggests that there were important phases of economic expansion after the Song, such as the commercial revolution of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, and that in particular …
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How was China’s enlightenment period different from Europe’s? China was extremely innovative in its prime, which was basically under the Song dynasty, which ended in 1279. At that time, …
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4. economic revolution under the Song a. great prosperity b. rapid population growth (from 50 million–60 million people during Tang dynasty to 120 million by 1200) c. great improvement in …
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China’s recent boom emerged from an episode of extreme central weakness following the Cultural Revolution, a massive shock that “effectively destroyed” China’s “apparatus of civilian rule,” …
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Song Dynasty 8. Imperial bureaucracy 9. meritocracy 10. woodblock printing 11. foot binding 12. Buddhism 13. Theravada Buddhism 14. Mahayana Buddhism ... China’s economic revolution …
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CHINA’S FOREIGN TRADE AND INVESTMENT, 1800-1950 Wolfgang Keller Carol H. Shiue ... By the mid-18th century, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the dominant power within Asia. …
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Eclipses and the Memory of Revolutions: Evidence from China
indeed an important driver of participation in one of the key regime changes in China’s history. The estimates indicate that Chinese counties with a standard deviation larger number of past …
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The centralization of military resources at Kaifeng led directly to Song China’s proto– industrial revolution in the eleventh century.1 Indeed, much of what made the Song dynasty a …
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precocity of the Chinese economy during the Song “economic revolution ” Yet the precise role of paper money and its effects on economic activity in the Song has not received attention …
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2Morris (2010), among others, ranks China’s economic development in the Song Dynasty (960–1279 A.D.) ahead of Europe’s and Mokyr (1990, ch. 9) explicitly compares Chinese and …
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Prologue to the Chinese Revolution; Joseph Esherick, Reform and Revolution in China: The 1911 Revolution in Hunan andHubei (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976); Angus W. …
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1. Summarize the major political, economic, and cultural developments in Tang and Song China and their impact on Eastern Asia. Tang – The Tang Dynasty experienced a Golden Age as …
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Journal ofEconomic Perspectives—Volume26, Number4—Fall 2012—Pages 103-124 UnderstandingChina's Growth:Past, Present,and Future XiaodongZhu The paceandscale …
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Tang dynasty, and the Qing dynasty fully implemented the system, allowing some Han Chinese to enter the bureaucracy. However, there were debates over the Civil Examination and the …
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The Northern Song Period (960–1127) has been recognised as one of the most important eras in China’s economic and demographic history. This study investigates climatic and geopolitical …
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porcelain with its formal perfection and refined decoration. Starting from the Song dynasty (960–1276), Jingdezhen ceramists have been producing porcelain for all sorts of Chinese …
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ally, the Song Dynasty’s economic center shifted southward, resulting in unprece-dented economic development in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Third, the introduction of …
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Dec 5, 2019 · Geographic and Economic Information 1. In general, how did the ... China's farms flowed into the growing cities and towns. •China's cities were crowded, busy places. •Cities …
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The revitalizing of China's national spirit would ensure the recovery of its standing in the world. How was this to be accomplished and from whence would come the national spirit? Sun …
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The Ming Dynasty , Part II (Cambridge, 1998), pp. 417-578, 440. For a critique of the higher figures, see Robert B. Marks, "China's Population Size during the Ming and Qing: A Comment …
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The Song Dynasty’s economic revolution overrode their weak military, which is shown when the Song Dynasty defused violence with trade agreements. During the Northern Song Dynasty, …
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Song Dynasty 8. Imperial bureaucracy 9. meritocracy 10. woodblock printing 11. foot binding 12. Buddhism 13. Theravada Buddhism 14. Mahayana Buddhism ... China’s economic revolution …
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12/9/2020 China’s Cultural Revolution, Explained - The New York Times ... Some scholars contend that the trauma of the era contributed to economic transition in the decades that …
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The basis of both Song and Jin economic success were revolutionary changes in agricultural efficiency, with new technologies and best practices actively spread and supported by the …
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6 YAO YANG 1978 and 2018, China’s economy managed to grow at an annual rate of 9.44 percent. As a result, in real terms the Chinese economy in 2018 was thirty-
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Song dynasty, it was predominantly negative during the Ming and Qing dynasties, in the Yangzi Delta as well as in China as a whole. JEL classification: N10, N30, N35, O10, O57 Key words: …
Paper Money in Early China - Cambria Institute
800 years ago when China’s Song Dynasty began the wide-spread use of government-authorized printed paper currency. For almost 300 years paper currency circulated throughout China and …
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economic basis of the gentry had shifted from land to credit. Usury the control of financial resources had become "a more important source of social and economic power in the …
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economic formations. And nearly all research on China's economic and social history has, explicitly or implicitly, taken account of the imperial government as a positive, or a negative, or …
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Worsening economic conditions in the 9th century caused many revolts, some of them popular movements led by peasants. The Founding of the Song Dynasty. The last Tang emperor …
The Tang Poet Du Fu and the Song Dynasty Literati - JSTOR
Song Dynasty Literati Charles Hartman The University at Albany When Bill Nienhauser and I were graduate students at Indiana University in the late 1960s, we talked a lot about Du Fu. We …
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The Song Dynasty After the Tang, the Song Dynasty ruled from 960 to 1279. The Song Dynasty expanded and improved the exam system. It set up more schools and changed the exam to …
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China’s efforts since the Qing Dynasty to develop economically in order to ponder the issues in this debate. This overview leads to the conclusion that China’s dramatic and surprising …
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forced the Song to retreat south across the Huang He. After 1127, the Song emperors ruled only southern China. The Song rulers established a grand new capital at Hangzhou, a coastal city …
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control of China. In 960CE, a period of stability began under the Song and lasted until 1279, when the Mongols invaded China and took control. As in the Tang dynasty, China during the Song …
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What followed was the remarkable commercial expansion of the Song dynasty, in a context of increasing population and some integration of regional economic networks. The invasions of a …
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development because of the ineluctable tenacity of China’s patriarchal social institutions of family, lineage, village, and guild. The crucial breakthrough in the conceptualization of China’s …
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China’s market reforms that changed the prospects of college education. 2The revolution is known as the XinhaiRevolution as 1911 was also the year of in the sexagenary cycle of the …
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China’s supposed torpor is the “competitive state system” paradigm. Antagonism between European states, so the theory goes, exerted a selective pressure on European societies, …
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Revolution are often limited in their frequency, geographic cover- ... (2010), among others, ranks China’s economic development in the Song Dynasty (960–1279) ahead of Europe’s, and …
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China’ s sudden emergence as an economic superpower has aston-ished the world. Even as recently as 15 years ago (say, around the 1997 Asian financial crisis), few would have …
