The Cambridge Economic History of China

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Debin Ma (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo) Richard von Glahn (University of California, Los Angeles)

The Cambridge Economic History of China

Debin Ma (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo), Richard von Glahn (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Cambridge University Press
19 June 2025

Asian history; Economic history

Series: The Cambridge Economic History of China

China's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. Volume II, which spans China's two turbulent centuries from 1800, charts this wrenching process of an ancient empire being transformed to re-emerge as a major world power. This volume for the first time brings together the fruits of pioneering international scholarship in all dimensions of economic history to provide an authoritative and comprehensive overview of this tumultuous and dramatic transformation. In many cases, it offers a fundamental reinterpretation of major themes in Chinese economic history, such as the role of ideology, the rise of new institutions, human capital and public infrastructure, the impact of Western and Japanese imperialism, the role of external trade and investment, and the evolution of living standards in both the pre-Communist and Communist eras. The volume includes seven important chapters on the Mao and reform eras and provides a critical historical perspective linking the past with the present and future.

Edited by: Debin Ma (Hitotsubashi University Tokyo), Richard von Glahn (University of California, Los Angeles)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781108442459
ISBN 10: 1108442455
Series: The Cambridge Economic History of China
Pages: 865
Publication Date: 19 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Debin Ma is Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Richard von Glahn is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Reviews for The Cambridge Economic History of China

'I greatly enjoyed this work, as much as the first volume. The research is incisive, clearly presented, and the volume is very cogently organized.' Jamin Andreas Hübner, EH.net (Economic History Association)