Economic History of Modern China: 1842-1949: Textbook for the 21st Century

Author: Zhao Dexin
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The reforms and improvements made in this book mainly include: (1) Changing two courses, "Modern Chinese Economic History" and "Economic History of the People's Republic of China," into one course, "Modern Chinese Economic History." (2) Changing the main focus from changes in production relations or class struggle to economic modernization. (3) Changing the primary objective from enabling students to understand the process of economic development to understanding the economic theories and practical training in economic work during the process of economic development. (4) Changing the approach of discussing modernity in modern terms to examining the economic development of China's modern era within the long history of China's economic development. (5) Changing the approach of discussing China in isolation to examining the economic development of China's modern era within the overall framework of world economic development.