Early Modern Economy in China - The Yangzi Delta in the 1820s

The first English translation of Li Bozhong's pioneering study of GDP in early modern China.

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Themes, methods, sources; 2. Huating-Lou in the 1820s; Part II. Industries: 3. Agriculture; 4. Industry; 5. Services; Part III. Added Values: 6. Agriculture; 7. Industry; 8. Services; Part IV. Employment, Income and Consumption: 9. Employment; 10. Income; 11. Consumption; Part V. Conclusion: 12. The GDP and HDI of Huating-Lou in 1823-1829; 13. The Huating-Lou economy of 1823-29 in comparative perspective; Appendices.

About the author

Li Bozhong is Chair Professor of Humanities at Peking University, having previously taught at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tsinghua University. He is recognised as one of the foremost scholars of the economic history of China.

Summary

The first English translation of Li Bozhong's pioneering study An Early Modern Economy in China, which uses sophisticated analysis to reconstruct the GDP of the Lower Yangzi Delta. An innovative economic history that contributes to the Great Divergence debate, Li draws comparisons the Netherlands in the same period.

Product details

• Authors: Bozhong Li, Bozhong (Peking University Li, Li Bozhong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108479202
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47920-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: The Cambridge China Library
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; China, HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Asian History