China's Transition to Industrialism: Producer Goods and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century.

Richardson, Philip; Rawski, Thomas G.

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“…Beginning around 1900, rapid expansion of consumer goods manufacturing powered an economy-wide transformation that paralleled Japan's earlier path. Expanding production of cotton goods, foodstuffs, matches and other consumer goods promoted backward linkage into engineering and chemicals, stimulated the development of commodity and financial exchanges, and prompted banks to extend financing to manufacturing and even agriculture (Rawski, 1980(Rawski, , 1989Ma, 2008). Prior to 1931, government involvement was mostly indirect; support of modern banks, "the sector .…”

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Industrialization in China

O’Rourke¹,

Williamson²

2017

The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery Since 1871

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This chapter views industrial growth in China over the last 150 years as an ongoing process through which firms acquired and deepened manufacturing capabilities. Two factors have been consistently important: openness to the international economy and domestic market liberalization. For a latecomer like China, modern industry initially has greatest success in more labour-intensive products requiring only modest capabilities. Gradual upgrading entails the shift into more skilled-labour and capital-intensive products and processes. Our construction and review of long-term data shows that (i) China’s industrial growth rate consistently exceeded that of Japan, India, and Russia/USSR throughout most of the twentieth century; (ii) China’s shift from textiles and other light industry toward defence-related industries began before rather than after 1949, as did the geographic spread of industry; and (iii) the state sector has consistently been a brake on industrial upgrading, highlighting the significance of current reform initiatives in determining China’s future industrial path.

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Section: Pre-1949 Outcomesmentioning

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Industrialization in China

O’Rourke¹,

Williamson²

2017

The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery Since 1871

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China's Industrial Development

Brandt¹,

Rawski²,

Sutton³

2008

China's Great Economic Transformation

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The study of urban history in the People's Republic of China

Buck

1987

Urban History

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Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, most of the topics associated with the study of urban history have languished largely unstudied beneath a pall of ideologically based neglect. The list of understudied subjects includes urban population, physical structure, social structure, economic activity, urban politics, urban planning and the environment, and urban culture. This lack of interest in urban history directly reflects the emphasis on the role of the peasantry as a creative force in Chinese history. The history of Chinese peasant uprisings and wars became the focus of attention and left little interest for what changes might have taken place in urban settings. Today, a combination of forces has generated considerable changes in the institutional structure of historical studies in China, as well as compelling historians to reconsider established research preferences. In this atmosphere it appears that for the first time since 1949 topics that concern urban historians in the West and Japan are receiving serious attention in the People's Republic of China. While it is still too early to speak of urban history in China, continuation of current trends in historical research over the next five to ten years will almost certainly bring this specialization into existence.

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China's Transition to Industrialism: Producer Goods and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century.

Cited by 6 publications

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Industrialization in China

Industrialization in China

China's Industrial Development

The study of urban history in the People's Republic of China

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