LEADER 01396nam 2200349Ia 4500001 99125230248806421 005 20200520144314.0 006 m o d | 007 cr#-n--------- 008 980527s1999 enka ob 001 0 eng d 020 1-134-71655-9 020 1-134-71656-7 020 1-280-33094-5 020 0-203-03103-2 020 0-203-17125-X 024 7 10.4324/9780203031032 |2doi 035 (CKB)111056485532502 035 (EBL)165357 035 (OCoLC)560057157 035 (SSID)ssj0000226466 035 (PQKBManifestationID)11210200 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226466 035 (PQKBWorkID)10257523 035 (PQKB)11713737 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC165357 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL165357 035 (CaPaEBR)ebr10054838 035 (CaONFJC)MIL33094 035 (OCoLC)1000426114 035 (EXLCZ)99111056485532502 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 043 a-cc--- 050 4 HC427.6 |b.D46 1999 082 0 330.951 |221 100 1 Deng, Gang, |d1953- 245 14 The premodern Chinese economy : |bstructural equilibrium and capitalist sterility / |cGang Deng. 250 1st ed. 260 London ;New York : |bRoutledge, |c1999. 300 1 online resource (436 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 Routledge explorations in economic history ; |v13 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: problems and a new insight; Main factors in the Chinese socio-economic system; Trinary structure: origin, tension and equilibrium; Disequilibrium, cataclysm and recovery; External pressure and shock: the reinforcement of the pattern; Conclusion: deadlock in economic development; Appendices; The Ming-Qing price revolution and population growth; Dissemination of agricultural technology in China; Peasant behavioural patterns; China's pseudo-feudalism 505 8 Choices for a dualistic peasant household economyEstimation of tax rates; Land reforms and anti-concentration of landholding; Population growth and arable land; Data concerning mass rebellions; Cotton and its diffusion in China; Bibliography; Index 520 Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. These factors include: * resource endowments * socio-economic structure * property rights * state and bureaucracy * ideology and values * geo-political environment * internal rebellions * external invasions and conquestsThe Premodern Chinese Economy is a comprehensive analysis of China's economic history and provides essential background to the 546 English 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-408) and index. 650 0 Economic history. 651 0 China |xEconomic conditions |yTo 1644. 651 0 China |xEconomic conditions |y1644-1912. 651 0 China |xHistory |yShang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C. 651 0 China |xHistory |yQing dynasty, 1644-1912. 776 |z0-415-45864-1 776 |z0-415-16239-4 830 0 Routledge explorations in economic history ; |v13. 906 BOOK