Hamilton, Gary G.

Commerce and capitalism in Chinese societies [Electronic resource] / by Gary G. Hamilton. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2006. - Electronic resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: rethinking the economic sociology of East Asian capitalism -- China's pre-industrial economy in comparative perspective -- Civilizations and the organization of economies -- Why no capitalism in China: negative questions in comparative historical sociology -- Chinese consumption of foreign commodities -- Commerce and the organization of China's late imperial economy (with Chang Wei-An and Lai Chi-Kong) -- Chinese capitalism in Asia -- Hong Kong and the rise of capitalism in Asia -- A reassessment of the "Asian miracle": U.S. retailers and Asian manufacturers (with Misha Petrovic and Robert C. Feenstra) -- Reflexive manufacturing: Taiwan's integration in the global economy (with Kao Cheng-Shu) -- Asian business networks in transition, or what Alan Greenspan does not know about the Asian financial crisis -- Reciprocity and control: the organization of Chinese family-owned conglomerates -- Competition and organization: a reexamination of Chinese business practices -- Ethnicity and capitalist development: the changing role of the Chinese in Thailand (with Tony Waters).

9780415157049 9780203645956 (ebook)

2005028808


Capitalism--China.
Capitalism--History.--China
Comparative economics.


China--Commerce.
China--Commerce--History.
China--Economic conditions.
China--Foreign economic relations.

HC427 / .H26 2006

330.951 / H2181c

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