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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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China-CEE Relations in a New Era: The Drivers behind the Development of the Platform for Regional Cooperation 16+1
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified three sets of drivers: pragmatic, political, and historical for the establishment of 16+1, and the increasing priority given by China to relations with the European Union is also leading to a shift in how the country understands and interacts with CEE.
The Political Development Cycle: the Right and the Left in People’s Republic of China from 1953∗
TL;DR: Cheremukhin et al. as discussed by the authors quantify the effects of the political development cycle on growth and structural transformation of China in 1953-1978 and show that the substantial differences in policies and their volatility led to large effects of political development cycles in a distorted economy undergoing a structural change compared to the political business cycle in developed economies.
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Assessing Market Integration in the Early Modern Period
TL;DR: The authors developed a simple model that illustrates the links between price convergence and the gains from trade, providing a theoretical rationale for empirical analysis, and introduced three panel econometric approaches to assess linear or non-linear price convergence that account for the general equilibrium effects of common shocks and apply them to monthly grain price data for 209 prefectures of Qing China during 1740-1820.
Modernity as a Moral Experience: Articulation of Mingyun in a Chinese County
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper described the rapid urbanization and modernization of China in the past four decades, and how people in Jinzhai lived either in small self-built dwellings in the river valley or in low-rise residential quarters built by state-owned enterprises, the legacy of Maoist-socialist era.
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China se lang, onvoltooide twintigste eeu en die moontlike gevolge wat dit vir Afrika inhou
TL;DR: In hierdie bydrae word ondersoek ingestel na die ongeewenaarde ekonomiese vooruitgang en gepaardgaande grootmoondheidambisies van China as mentioned in this paper .
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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.