This text gives a long-term analysis of Chinese maritime activities and their economic consequences in industries, infrastructure, trade, migration, and government policies. It provides an insight into the causes for sterility of capitalist industrialization in premodern China.
This text gives a long-term analysis of Chinese maritime activities and their economic consequences in industries, infrastructure, trade, migration, and government policies. It provides an insight into the causes for sterility of capitalist industrialization in premodern China.
GANG DENG is Lecturer in Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His earlier books include Development Versus Stagnation: Technological Continuity and Agricultural Progress in Pre-modern China (Greenwood, 1993) and Chinese Maritime Activities and Socioeconomic Development, C. 2100-1900 A.D. (Greenwood, 1997).
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword by Ramon H. Myers Preface Introduction Background: Environment and Maritime Activities Physical Environment Maritime-Activity Types Evolution of Chinese Maritime Technology Observations Development of China's Maritime Technology Comparison Supply of Ships Quantitative Estimation Ship Supply and Resource Scarcity Trade Types and Agents Maritime Trade Types Maritime Merchants Markets and Trade Patterns Markets and Returns Trade Patterns Aftermath of the Change Nature of the Change Interpretations of the Change Urbanization, Migration, and Technological Dissemination Urbanization of the Coastal Region Migration by Sea Technological Dissemination by Sea Conclusion: China's Performance and Path Dependency China's Overall Maritime Performance China's Paradoxes and Path Dependency Final Remarks Appendix A: Rare Illustrations of Chinese Traditional Ships Appendix B: Chinese Sea Merchants Trading with Japan, 1641-1772 Appendix C: Monetary Systems in Chinese History Appendix D: Densely Populated Prefectures in Ming-Qing Times Glossary References Index
Foreword by Ramon H. Myers Preface Introduction Background: Environment and Maritime Activities Physical Environment Maritime-Activity Types Evolution of Chinese Maritime Technology Observations Development of China's Maritime Technology Comparison Supply of Ships Quantitative Estimation Ship Supply and Resource Scarcity Trade Types and Agents Maritime Trade Types Maritime Merchants Markets and Trade Patterns Markets and Returns Trade Patterns Aftermath of the Change Nature of the Change Interpretations of the Change Urbanization, Migration, and Technological Dissemination Urbanization of the Coastal Region Migration by Sea Technological Dissemination by Sea Conclusion: China's Performance and Path Dependency China's Overall Maritime Performance China's Paradoxes and Path Dependency Final Remarks Appendix A: Rare Illustrations of Chinese Traditional Ships Appendix B: Chinese Sea Merchants Trading with Japan, 1641-1772 Appendix C: Monetary Systems in Chinese History Appendix D: Densely Populated Prefectures in Ming-Qing Times Glossary References Index
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