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The search for modern China
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The authors explored the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the rise and fall of China's last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People's Republic of China.Abstract:
This course explores the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present. We will examine the rise and fall of China’s last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People’s Republic of China. Course materials include scholarly monographs, a memoir, primary sources, and visual and material artifacts that offer diverse perspectives. We will meet twice a week for a combination of lectures, discussion, and viewing of visual texts.read more
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A Generational Cohort Model for Consumers in China: The Rise and Fall of the Great GATSBY?
TL;DR: The authors proposed a Chinese generational cohort model that divides consumers into three main groups: the era with limited choice, the great Gatsby and the dreamers, which can serve as a valuable source of consumer insights to marketers.
Creativity and complexity in post-WTO China
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the changing relations between culture, services, and knowledge in China and argue that these three formerly separate conceptual domains are converging, mindful of a global shift in thinking about the management of national content industries as they react to the pressures of global trade agreements, new regional market dynamics and digitisation.
Spider Manchu : Duanfang as networker and spindoctor of the late Qing new policies, 1901-1911
TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors used a network approach to explore the New Policy reforms during the late Qing dynasty, where provincial officials, with Manchu statesman Duanfang as the central figure, used favors, symbols, personal bonds, and resource exchanges to command the political economy.
Tax administration reform in Korea and its implications
Joon-Kyung Kim,Kyung-Soo Kim +1 more
TL;DR: Kim et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a tax administration reform in Korea and its implications, and the implications of the reform are discussed in detail in Section 5.1.1 of this paper.
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Defending the dynastic order at the local level: central-local relations as seen in a late-ming magistrate's enforcement of the law
TL;DR: The Da Ming lu (Great Ming Code) as discussed by the authors is the fundamental law of the Ming Dynasty, which set forth the ruling elite's basic value system and to specify social norms for the realm.
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On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a twenty-period of rapid income growth was investigated, and it was shown that proximity to a transportation network has a moderate positive causal effect on per capita GDP levels across sectors, but no effect on overall GDP growth.
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Primitive accumulation, accumulation by dispossession, accumulation by ‘extra-economic’ means
TL;DR: The authors review recent uses and transformations of the primitive accumulation that focus on its persistence within the Global North, addressing especially the political implications that attend different readings of primitive accumulation in the era of neoliberal globalization.
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International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the recent rise of migration and development as a major area of policy concern and cautions against essentializing migration and placing too great a responsibility upon migrant agency at the expense of the institutional change necessary to bring about development.
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The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth
TL;DR: The intellectual origins of the Industrial Revolution are traced back to the Baconian program of the seventeenth century, which aimed at expanding the set of useful knowledge and applying natural philosophy to solve technological problems and bring about economic growth as mentioned in this paper.