A Comprehensive Mirror to the Late Years of the Chinese Empire: Economic Special Issue

Author: Gu Hongxiao
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: This volume begins with the Anglo-Chinese Opium War of 1840 and ends with the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The book is organized chronologically, covering various aspects such as agriculture, handicrafts, machine industry, commercial trade, transportation and postal services, finance and banking, among others.