Living Traditions (Economic Development and Government Policy 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 had continuity with those of the eighteenth century. This approach challenges the traditional 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" 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 peaceful times? If so, what is it? Or we could ask the other way around, whether economic development and policy issues are only a "modern" problem, and is the history in between merely a "rupture"?