China And Capitalism : A History of Business Enterprise in Modern China

名人推薦：

""This small book is a tour de force. In remarkably brief compass, David Faure identifies and addresses key issues in Chinese business history between 1500 and the present. For China specialists, he sets a research agenda covering five centuries, and for business historians outside the China field, he provides a sweeping synthesis that includes tantalizing comparisons between China and the West."" – Sherman Cochran, Hu Shih Professor of History, Cornell University

""In his usual strong and provocative style, David Faure provides fascinating new ideas on the reasons for China falling behind the West from the nineteenth century, and spans the 1949 divide with sharp observations on the historical origins of China's contemporary economic problems and structures."" – Tim Wright, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Sheffield

""This book offers valuable insights to both the historian and the economist seeking to understand the contrasting trajectories taken by China and the West. The comparison between the Western corporation governed by law and the Chinese family lineage governed by ritual goes to the heart of the difference between the two civilizations. It is a gem, sure to lend brilliance to many a future chain of scholarly argument."" – Leslie Young, Professor of Finance and Executive Director, the Asia Pacific Institute of Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

""Engagingly written by one of the most distinguished economic historians of China, China and Capitalism focuses on a central theme: why was China underdeveloped, and what was the role of the corporate economy in this underdevelopment? The book is a double success. It explores with great insight Chinese economic history from 1500, and interprets with real understanding the economic, social, and legal environments of China's fluctuating economic experience before the 'take-off' of recent decades. This is a sophisticated and accessible book that will appeal to European historians as well as students of capitalism."" – Raj Brown, Reader in Business History, School of Management, Royal Holloway College, University of London