Book contents
- The Cambridge Economic History of China
- The Cambridge Economic History of China
- The Cambridge Economic History of China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Citations
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I 1800–1950
- 1 Ideology and the Contours of Economic Change
- 2 Economic Transition in the Nineteenth Century
- 3 Agriculture
- 4 Handicraft and Modern Industries
- 5 The State and Enterprises in Late Qing China
- 6 State Enterprises during the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 7 Money and the Macro-economy
- 8 Public Finance
- 9 Financial Institutions and Financial Markets
- 10 Chinese Business Organization
- 11 The Economic Impact of the West
- 12 Foreign Trade and Investment
- 13 Transport and Communication Infrastructure
- 14 Education and Human Capital
- Part II 1950 to the Present
- Index
- References
4 - Handicraft and Modern Industries
from Part I - 1800–1950
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 February 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Economic History of China
- The Cambridge Economic History of China
- The Cambridge Economic History of China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Citations
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I 1800–1950
- 1 Ideology and the Contours of Economic Change
- 2 Economic Transition in the Nineteenth Century
- 3 Agriculture
- 4 Handicraft and Modern Industries
- 5 The State and Enterprises in Late Qing China
- 6 State Enterprises during the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 7 Money and the Macro-economy
- 8 Public Finance
- 9 Financial Institutions and Financial Markets
- 10 Chinese Business Organization
- 11 The Economic Impact of the West
- 12 Foreign Trade and Investment
- 13 Transport and Communication Infrastructure
- 14 Education and Human Capital
- Part II 1950 to the Present
- Index
- References
Summary
Industrialization in China has followed complicated paths over the last century and a half. China, like Russia, Germany, and Japan, followed in the footsteps of the pioneering industrial nations. For the first pioneering generation, industrialization developed indigenously, building on preindustrial handicraft traditions, inventing new technologies using water and steam power, and creating new corporate management systems. The new technologies of steamships, railroads, the telegraph, and the telephone transformed transportation and communication networks. Private entrepreneurs played central roles in the development of the new industrial systems, aided by protective tariffs and other state measures designed to promote industrial and commercial development.
Keywords
semi-industrializationlabor-intensive industrializationlate-developing countriesimport substitution industrialization/developmentexport-oriented industrialization/developmenttechnology transferoverseas Chinese entrepreneurssilk complex (sericulturereelingweaving)cotton industrywartime economyrural industrial districtsindigenous development
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- The Cambridge Economic History of China , pp. 124 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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