Centennial Commemoration (Economy)

Author: Liao Daimao
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Publish Date: 2006-05-07
Features: This series categorizes modern history by topics, collecting over a thousand precious images to transform the rigid appearance of traditional history books and vividly record the century-long history of China. This volume focuses on culture: How was China, a traditional agricultural nation, in a state of desolation during the late Qing Dynasty? How did traditional commerce and merchant groups divide as they integrated into the global economic tide? The rise of modern cities, improvements in transportation, the arduous modernization process of modern China, and the shocking natural disasters and bureaucratic misgovernance all leave readers deeply contemplative upon finishing the book.