on the workings of the economic system in imperial China. Connectivity, Imperialism, and the Han Iron Industry will … in ancient China, as well as to scholars working on the comparative study of ancient imperialism, market exchange, and …) in ancient China, which is characterized not only by various technological innovations but also as a remarkable …

Part I. Origins 1 -- Introduction 2 -- A Historical Pattern: The Imperial Mode of China 3 -- The Empire-building in the …: The Late Qing and the Republican Period 9 -- Zigzag Modernization in Communist China Part III. "Aufheben" -- 10. The Rise … of the West: What Happened and How 11 -- China’s “Peculiarities”: Why China Declined and Rebounded 12 -- To Understand …

Imperialism, the 'old' and the 'new': departures and continuities / Satyaki Roy -- Marx's Capital and the global crisis … / John Smith -- Reflections on contemporary imperialism / Prabhat Patnaik -- The particularity of imperialism in the stage of … neoliberal globalisation and global capitalism: a dialogue between Nikolai Bukharin and Aimé Césaire -- Is imperialism a relevant …