Chinese Modern Economic History Tutorial

Author: Long Denggao
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is a textbook on "Modern Chinese Economic History." It explains, in chronological order, how modern China gradually transformed from its original feudal economic structure into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal economic structure, and how the latter gradually collapsed. It also clarifies how the New Democracy economy grew and eventually achieved a comprehensive victory. The book is primarily divided into three parts—Upper, Middle, and Lower—according to the three stages mentioned above. The Upper Part covers the history of Western capitalist intrusion and the difficult development of the Chinese economy from 1840 to 1894. The Middle Part discusses the formation of China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal socio-economic structure and the development of capitalist economy from 1895 to 1937. The Lower Part narrates the history of 1937 to 1949, where different economic systems competed, the semi-colonial and semi-feudal economic structure tended to collapse, and the New Democracy economy achieved a comprehensive victory. This book can help readers understand the early history of modernization in China and deepen their understanding of China's national conditions.