The Making of a Hinterland

by 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520080513
• ISBN13: 9780520080515
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"