Commerce and Capitalism in Chinese Societies - The Organization of Chinese Economics

Zusatztext 'Hamilton writes and argues well! keeps jargon to a minimum! and demonstrates a good sense of problems and issues.' - The China Journal! No.57 Informationen zum Autor Gary G. Hamilton Zusammenfassung Consisting of sixteen articles which together provide historical, comparative and theoretically informed perspectives on the spread of Chinese capitalism, this collection emphasizes the difference between Western and Chinese forms of capitalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Rethinking the Economic Sociology of East Asian Capitalism Part 1: China's Pre-Industrial Economy in Comparative Perspective 1. Civilizations and the Organization of Economies 2. Why No Capitalism in China: Negative Questions in Comparative Historical Sociology 3. Chinese Consumption of Foreign Commodities 4. Commerce and the Organization of China's Late Imperial Economy Part 2: Chinese Capitalism in Asia 5. Hong Kong and the Rise of Capitalism in Asia 6. A Reassessment of the "Asian Miracle": U.S. Retailers and Asian Manufacturers 7. Reflexive Manufacturing: Taiwan's Integration in the Global Economy 8. Asian Business Networks in Transition, or What Alan Greenspan Does Not Know about the Asian Financial Crisis 9. Reciprocity and Control: The Organization of Chinese Family-Owned Conglomerates 10. Competition and Organization: A Reexamination of Chinese Business Practices 11. Ethnicity and Capitalist Development: The Changing Role of the Chinese in Thailand

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• Authors: Gary Hamilton, Gary G. Hamilton, Gary G. (University of Washington Hamilton, Hamilton Gary G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2006
• EAN: 9780415157056
• ISBN: 978-0-415-15705-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Economics, Business and Management, Asia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, Business & management, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General