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- catalog abstract ""An assumption still made in much social science research, that Europe provides a universal model of development, is fundamentally mistaken, according to R. Bin Wong. The solution is not, however, simply to reject Eurocentric norms but to evaluate current understandings of European developments from a complementary perspective. A Sinocentric perspective, he argues, will free China from wrong expectations and will allow those working on European problems to recognize the distinctive character of Western development."--Jacket. "Wong compares the growth of capitalism and the formation of national states in modern Europe with economic and political changes in China, and explains that a crucial rupture occurred when European industrialization set new conditions for material and social life. He contrasts Chinese and European political changes, and explores the implications of social protest, economic change, and state-making by comparing grain seizures, tax resistance, and revolution as they occurred in both areas. Only by evaluating where China and Europe appear to converge or diverge and by analyzing whether convergence reflects similar underlying processes, he argues, can we successfully situate the trajectories of both realms in world-historical development."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10432711.
- catalog coverage "China Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "China History.".
- catalog coverage "China Social conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Europe History.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Social conditions.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""An assumption still made in much social science research, that Europe provides a universal model of development, is fundamentally mistaken, according to R. Bin Wong. The solution is not, however, simply to reject Eurocentric norms but to evaluate current understandings of European developments from a complementary perspective. A Sinocentric perspective, he argues, will free China from wrong expectations and will allow those working on European problems to recognize the distinctive character of Western development."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Wong compares the growth of capitalism and the formation of national states in modern Europe with economic and political changes in China, and explains that a crucial rupture occurred when European industrialization set new conditions for material and social life. He contrasts Chinese and European political changes, and explores the implications of social protest, economic change, and state-making by comparing grain seizures, tax resistance, and revolution as they occurred in both areas. Only by evaluating where China and Europe appear to converge or diverge and by analyzing whether convergence reflects similar underlying processes, he argues, can we successfully situate the trajectories of both realms in world-historical development."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Beyond European Models of Historical Change -- pt. I. Economic History and the Problem of Development. 1. Economic Change in Late Imperial China and Early Modern Europe. 2. Dynamics of Industrial Expansion in Early Modern Europe and Late Imperial China. 3. Making Modern Economies -- pt. II. State Formation and Transformation in Eurasia. 4. Chinese and European Perspectives on State Formation and Transformation. 5. Constructing Domestic Order. 6. Political Economies in Europe and China. 7. The Chinese State after 1850. 8. China after 1949 -- pt. III. Politics, Protest, and Social Change. 9. Grain Seizures and Political Economy. 10. State Making, Fiscal Negotiations, and Tax Resistance. 11. Revolutions.".
- catalog extent "x, 327 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "China transformed.".
- catalog identifier "0801432545 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0801483271 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "China transformed.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "China transformed.".
- catalog spatial "China Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "China History.".
- catalog spatial "China Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Europe History.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "951 21".
- catalog subject "DS735 .W79 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Beyond European Models of Historical Change -- pt. I. Economic History and the Problem of Development. 1. Economic Change in Late Imperial China and Early Modern Europe. 2. Dynamics of Industrial Expansion in Early Modern Europe and Late Imperial China. 3. Making Modern Economies -- pt. II. State Formation and Transformation in Eurasia. 4. Chinese and European Perspectives on State Formation and Transformation. 5. Constructing Domestic Order. 6. Political Economies in Europe and China. 7. The Chinese State after 1850. 8. China after 1949 -- pt. III. Politics, Protest, and Social Change. 9. Grain Seizures and Political Economy. 10. State Making, Fiscal Negotiations, and Tax Resistance. 11. Revolutions.".
- catalog title "China transformed : historical change and the limits of European experience / R. Bin Wong.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".