The Making of a Hinterland
Kenneth Pomeranz
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.
年:
1993
版本:
ebook
出版商:
Univ of California Press
語言:
english
頁數:
368
ISBN 10:
0520913191
ISBN 13:
9780520913196
文件:
PDF, 5.50 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1993