Chinese Economic Revolution (eBook)

Rural Entrepreneurship in the Twentieth Century

Linda Grove (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2006
320 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7425-7326-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This powerful and meticulously researched study explores the role of rural industry and entrepreneurship in the Chinese economic miracle. Linda Grove focuses on one weaving district in North China, exploring the ways in which small industrial firms have accumulated capital, organized their firms, developed nationwide marketing networks, and promoted brands over the last century. Cutting across the conventional divide between studies of "history" and "contemporary economy," the author persuasively shows the links between traditional Chinese business practices and modern economic growth. Based on several decades of archival research, surveys, and fieldwork, A Chinese Economic Revolution provides the first English-language exploration of the business history of small Chinese firms.

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This powerful and meticulously researched study explores the role of rural industry and entrepreneurship in the Chinese economic miracle. Linda Grove considers especially the development of the Gaoyang industrial district, Chinas best-known rural industrial district of the preWorld War II period. By focusing on one weaving district in North China, she is able to explore in detail the ways in which small industrial firms have accumulated capital, organized their firms, developed nationwide marketing networks, and promoted brands over the last century. Cutting across the conventional divide between studies of history and contemporary economy and between pre- and post-1949 China, the author persuasively shows the links between traditional Chinese business practices and contemporary entrepreneurial success. The first book in English to explore the world of small-scale business firms in China, it introduces the activities of individual entrepreneurs and firms and examines the structure of industrial organization that has supported the rapid growth of individual firms. Based on several decades of archival research, surveys, and fieldwork, A Chinese Economic Revolution provides an in-depth exploration of Chinese rural industry. Framed by the authors extensive familiarity with rural industrial development in Japan, India, and Europe, the book also offers important comparative perspectives for those interested in global economic history, postsocialist economic performance, and economic development strategies.

Autor

Linda Grove is professor on the faculty of liberal arts and vice president for academic exchange at Sophia University in Tokyo.

Inhalt

Part IChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Creating an Industrial DistrictChapter 3: Gaoyang EntrepreneursChapter 4: Rural WeaversChapter 5: Marketing Networks Chapter 6: Communal Resources Chapter 7: Wartime Collapse Part IIChapter 8: IntroductionChapter 9: From Market to Plan: The Second Phase of GrowthChapter 10: Plan to Market: The Third Phase of Growth Chapter 11: Entrepreneurial Legacies in Contemporary FirmsChapter 12: Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.10.2006
• Reihe/Serie: State & Society in East Asia
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • China Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-7425-7326-5 / 0742573265
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-7326-0 / 9780742573260