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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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Translation in Hong Kong's literary magazines in the 1930's : Red beans and others
TL;DR: This paper studied the first peak of literary translation occurring in Hong Kong's literary magazines from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s, in particular the magazine Red Beans, which was published between 1933-1936 and produced 118 out of a total of 137 pieces of translation during its three years publication.
Modern state building and the problem of intermediate institutions : religion, family and military in East Asia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the problem of intermediate institutions in modern state building in Japan, Korea and China, and investigated how the state tried to redefine its relations with the forces of religion, family and military in building a direct, effective and exclusive relationship with the individual.
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Jews Under Japanese Domination, 1939-1945
TL;DR: The origins of the Japanese policy towards the Jews are discussed in this article, where the authors digress on the background of the first Jewish-Japanese encounters and reveal that the Japanese government dispatched a special financial agent to New York to negotiate a loan to finance the war effort against Czarist Russia.
The Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program and its Threat to the United States and Her Allies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors pointed out that the greatest threat to the United States and its allies from the Chinese nuclear weapons program comes from years of irresponsible proliferation that have armed dangerous states like Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, and others.
Living Comparatively: On the Comparisons of India and China in the Works of Kang Youwei and Zhang Taiyan
TL;DR: A theory of "layering" (jûsôsei, 重層性) was proposed by Tetsuro as mentioned in this paper to explain why Japanese were compelled to live comparatively, life in double time, as a condition of their modern transformation.