Ancient Chinese Economic History

Author: Qi Tao
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: During the writing process of this book, considering the needs of teaching and to better reflect the vertical development of different economic categories in ancient China, it deviates from the conventional periodized approach. Instead, it follows the content of economic development itself, presenting-style vertical narration. The book begins with an introduction to clarify several major issues in the economic development of ancient China. It then starts from the environment of economic development, discusses the Great Division of Labor and the formation of traditional economic structures, and subsequently expands on agricultural development, tax and labor systems, the development of handicraft commerce, and industrial and commercial policies. On this basis, it outlines the changes in China's economic regionalization, and finally concludes with a description of the emergence of capitalism and the destiny of traditional economy.