Description
Zanasi argues that notions of market and consumption linked to economic liberalism emerged earlier in China than in Europe.
About the Author
Margherita Zanasi is Associate Professor of Chinese History at Louisiana State University.
Reviews
'Economic Thought in Modern China is an ambitious exploration of the evolution of indigenous Chinese economic thought, rooted in a critical re-evaluation the foundations of imperial political economy and extending into the ideas that shaped Chinese attempts at economic improvement in the twentieth century. Zanasi mines a wide range of sources rarely used by economic historians, and reads them with an iconoclastic sensibility and a thorough grounding in the social and political contexts in which they were written.' Madeleine Zelin, Columbia University
'Bold and combative, this study of the history of Chinese political economy in general and ideas about luxury consumption in particular will be of interest to historians of economic thought who are curious about the intellectual pathways followed outside Europe and open to the possibility that it was for good reason that these pathways were often anything but parallel with their European counterparts.' Helen Dunstan, University of Sydney
'Zanasi demonstrates that China in the early modern period possessed pro-market ideas and the belief that luxury consumption promotes economic development. Furthermore, her timely book offers the best explanation yet for why China in the past one hundred years turned to state intervention in the market to encourage thriftiness.' Wu jen-shu, Academia Sinica, Taipei
'This fascinating title is suitable for students interested in political economy and economic thought ... Highly recommended.' D. Li, Choice
Book Information
ISBN 9781108499934
Author Margherita Zanasi
Format Hardback
Page Count 252
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 490g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 12mm