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Chinese Economic History In A New Perspective: Focusing On The Late Imperial Rural Economy In Jiangnan

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s. The Eurocentric growth model has been the basic workhorse for numerous Chinese economic historians. This deep seated Eurocentric paradigm is concerned mainly with conterfactuals and tends to ignore past reality. To illustrate the problems of this Eurocentric approach, this paper examines the rural economy of Jiangnan, also known as the Yangzi Delta, during late imperial times. A main characteristic of the villages in the Wuxi county in Jiangnan were the mixture of the rural–urban lifestyle and development. Jiangnan's developmental patterns, in the Song and the Qing dynasty, from the Maoist period (pre‐1979) to post‐1979 development, contrast sharply with the predictions of the Western development models.

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  • Bozhong Li, 2008. "Chinese Economic History In A New Perspective: Focusing On The Late Imperial Rural Economy In Jiangnan," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(3), pages 308-319, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pacecr:v:13:y:2008:i:3:p:308-319
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2008.00406.x
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    1. Hicks, J. R., 1969. "A Theory of Economic History," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198811633.
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    1. Baomin Dong & Jiong Gong, 2014. "Special Issue: Issues in Asia. Guest Editor: Laixun Zhao," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 18(2), pages 203-217, May.

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