The first comprehensive study of China's economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English.

'This book is a remarkable tour de force. Joseph Chai offers a fine synthesis of thinking about the nature and origins of China's long-run economic growth and s

A comprehensive survey of Chinese economic history from 1800 to the present from an international team of leading experts.

The rise of the West is often attributed the presence of certain features in Western countries from the 16th century that were absent in more traditional societ

This volume marks a turning point in the study of Chinese economic history. It arose from a realization that the economic history of China—as opposed to the h