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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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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.
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The Constitutional Debate in Early Qing China
TL;DR: Delury et al. as discussed by the authors reconstructed the main arguments in that debate, looking at how mixed model advocates differed from fengjian revivalists, focusing on the role and ideas of Gu Yanwu, but also drawing attention to their shared goal of using reform to strengthen the imperial state and the authority of the emperor.
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From the Principle of Rational Autonomy to the Virtuosity of Empathetic Embodiment: Reclaiming the Modern Significance of Confucian Civilization
TL;DR: This paper argued that the ideal of Confucian self cannot be defined in terms of Western concepts of either autonomy or heteronomy; it consists rather in a kind of virtuosity as inspired by the empathetic openness of the self.
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The dpj and its factions: benefit or threat?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used surveys on policy positions of party members that were jointly conducted by the University of Tokyo and the newspaper Asahi shinbun to find evidence that the policy diversification with the Democratic Party of Japan is wider than within other parties and that the factions are not mainly based on different policy positions.