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).