The rise of an eastern agrarian civilisation: China

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Chapter 11 in A History of the Global Economy, 2018, pp 189-205 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter switches attention eastwards. Vying to be pioneer in the rise of an agrarian civilisation was China, which certainly was first in developing the apparatus of a centralised state control. It has had a long life through to the present. This chapter analyses the particular characteristics of the Sinitic world. At various times China led in the movement along the economic pathway. There was a significant two-way transmission of knowledge of new technologies between China and the rest of Eurasia; China was a great inventor and innovator. Under the Song dynasty there was an abortive industrial revolution. Cheng Ho conducted voyages and explorations which exceeded in scale and scope those of Columbus and Magellan. Despite these early moves, China did not pioneer movement along the economic pathway, including entry into the commercial and industrial phases. The chapter seeks an explanation for this.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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