New Perspectives on China's Late Imperial Period: Why China Slept

ISBN-13: 9781433165931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 426 str.

Patrick Leung

Opis

The book offers new perspectives on the history of China's late imperial period and presents a much needed novel explanation for China's stagnation and decline in recent centuries.

Recenzje

"This thought-provoking book by Patrick Leung is most timely at this juncture of geopolitical evolution. The book presents compelling arguments that many of the perceived wisdom about China's past are flawed and the 'rise' of China of late is a natural development from what had transpired in the Ming-Qing period. This book will enhance international understanding of China's past and present and help facilitate the development of more productive relationships between China and other nations."- David Tien Sik Kiang, Chief Executive, Da Tang Xi Shi International Group Limited and Chairman of Finance Committee of Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce

Spis treści

List of Tables - List of Figures - Preface - Acknowledgments - Part One: Overview - When Did China Fall Behind? - Differences Between the Beliefs and Value Systems of the West and China - What Closed Door Policy? - Almost Everybody Disliked Merchants - Free Markets Without Capitalism? - Why Is the Chinese Population So Large? - Literacy Rates of Ming and Qing China - Why Hadn't the Chinese Discovered the New World and Australia? - What Happened to Chinese Firearms? - Why China Had No Scientific and Industrial Revolution? - Rule of Law, Rule of Man and Rule by Law - Ruling Class Democracy versus Rule by Mandarins - Part Three: Why China Slept and Implications for the Future - China's Long Sleep: Imperial Overstretch and Its Consequences - What If Europeans Had Not Come to China in the Early Modern Period? - Implications for China's Resurgence - Index.

O autorze

Patrick Leung obtained his bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his doctoral degree in managerial economics from Harvard University. He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Economics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.