"Living Tradition: Economic Development and Government Policies in Eighteenth-Century China

Author: Gao Wangling
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book examines the economic development and government policies of eighteenth-century China, arguing that the government policies of the twentieth century have a continuity with those of the eighteenth century. This approach challenges the binary opposition between tradition and modernity and proposes the concept of "living tradition." The book is divided into three parts: Part one discusses the agricultural development policies of the Qing Dynasty, the second part explores the expansion of government authority. The third part shifts to "industrial" policies and related issues. The book is divided into three parts. Part one discusses the agricultural development policies of the Qing Dynasty, how the Qing people proposed a set of economic development policies to address the population problem, what their content was, how they were implemented, and what role they played. Policy policy is a relatively new field in historical research. Scholars have studied many "reclaiming wasteland" policies that were common in the early years of various dynasties. This book aims to answer whether traditional policies, after what is called "reclaiming wasteland" or "recovery periods," still have any significance for economic development in peacetime? If so, what kind of significance is it? Or we can turn the question around: Is economic development and the issue of policy only a "modern" problem? Is the history in between merely a "rupture"?