Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant -- The many paths to industrialization -- British and German … businesses during industrialization -- Big and small businesses in industrializing America -- Japanese and Chinese businesses … during industrialization -- American, British, and German businesses in the interwar period -- Japanese and Chinese …

, China, and England. Japan is similar in size to a European country and linked to China through shared beliefs and practices …. Such an approach allows us to mediate comparisons made directly between China and Europe and to avoid taking England as the …

Scholarly discussions on economic development in history, specifically those linked to industrialization or modern … comparing those cases with others from Europe and China's economic history. The contributors focus on three areas of inquiry …

"This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert on China's economic development offers a … both an engaging, broadly focused introduction to China's economy since 1949 and original insights based on his own …-1949 economy and the industrialization, reform, and market transition that have taken place since, the book examines …

parts of eighteenth-century China were as well placed as northern Europe to achieve sustained economic growth, thus igniting …

: The cases of Great Britain and China -- HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION: TRADITIONAL VIEWS AND ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES … view: China as a despotic, 'oriental' empire -- Alternative perspectives: Fiscal-militarism and mercantilism in Britain and … benevolent agrarian paternalism in China -- Further revisionism: Early modern parallels in state-building and the creating of …