The Making of a Hinterland : State, Society, and Economy in Inland North China, 1853-1937 / Kenneth Pomeranz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomeranz, Kenneth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shandong Sheng (China)--Economic policy.

Shandong Sheng (China).

Shandong Sheng (China)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1993]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This wholly original reassessment of critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic, and ecological change in inland North China during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic. Using many new sources, Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the development of certain regions entailed the systematic underdevelopment of other regions. He maps changes in local finance, farming, transportation, taxation, and popular protest, and analyzes the consequences for different classes, sub-regions, and genders. Pomeranz attributes these diverse developments to several causes: the growing but incomplete integration of North China into the world economy, the state's abandonment of many hinterland areas and traditional functions, and the effect of local social structures on these processes. He shows that hinterlands were made, not merely found, and were powerfully shaped by the strategies of local groups as well as outside forces. This wholly original reassessment of critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic, and ecological change in inland North China during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic. Using many new sources, Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the dev.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note on Place Names

Abbreviations and Technical Notes on Selected Sources

Introduction

CHAPTER I. Local Interest Story

CHAPTER II. Community, Coercion, and Cotton

CHAPTER III. Ecological Crisis and the Logic of "Self-strengthening"

CHAPTER IV. Sold Down the River?

CHAPTER V. Dealing with Disaster

Conclusion: Huang-Yun, China, and the World

APPENDIX A. List of Counties in Northwest and Southwest Shandong

APPENDIX B. Agricultural Losses from Hydraulic Decay

APPENDIX C. Extra Transport Costs Incurred Because of Hydraulic Decay in Huang-Yun

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520913196

0520913191

OCLC:

1198931289