Institutional Change And Rural Industrialization In China: The Putting-out System In Handicraft Industry In Late Qing And Early Republic Period

This book explores the development of the putting-out system in hand-woven textile industries in late Qing Dynasty and China's Republican Period. In classic sociology theory, the putting-out system in handcraft production was regarded as traditional and inefficient. In the context of Republican China, it was believed that this kind of household-based production system would have totally failed in competition with the factory system of machinery production. However, this book exhibits the historical fact that the putting-out system was booming in handcraft textile production and subsequently provides an explanation to this phenomenon from the perspectives of institutional analysis and quantitative modeling. With rich county-level data and comprehensive analysis, this book is valuable for both researchers, academics and students in economics and social history studies.

Product details

• Authors: Feizhou Zhou, Feizhou Zhou, Feizhou (Peking Univ Zhou, Zhou Feizhou
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9789814569910
• ISBN: 978-981-45699-1-0
• Series: Peking University Series on Sociology and Anthropology; Peking University Series on So; Peking University Series On Sociology And Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; China, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history