Maritime sector, institutions, and sea power of premodern China

Author:Gang Deng

Summary:Challenging the stereotype of pre-modern China as an agricultural nation, this text examines the development of the maritime sector, maritime institutions, and sea power in the pre-modern era. It also considers such issues as Confucian attitudes toward maritime activities.

Print Book, English, 1999

Edition:[New ed.] View all formats and editions

Publisher: Greenwood, Westport, Conn., 1999

Series:

Contributions in economics and economic history, no. 212

Physical Description:xix, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9780313307126, 0313307121

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1063273887

Contents:

PrefaceIntroductionMaritime Sector and Backward LinkagesMaritime Sector and Forward LinkagesMaritime InstitutionsChina's Sea PowerDecline of China's Sea PowerConclusionAppendix A: Port Related Place-Names in ChinaAppendix B: Chinese Merchants and the Japanese MarketAppendix C: Features of the Northern Sea Fleet

Notes:

"An expansion of ... Chinese maritime activities and socioeconomic development, c.2100 B.C.-1900 A.D., published in 1997"--Preface