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Chinese Economic Development

This book outlines and analyzes the economic development of China between

1949 and 2007. Avoiding a narrowly economic approach, it addresses many of the

broader aspects of development, including literacy, mortality, demographics and

the environment. The book also discusses the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural

Revolution, the aims of Maoism and the introduction of an outward-looking

market economy since 1978.

The distinctive features of this book are its sweep and its engagement with

controversial issues. For example, there is no question that aspects of Maoism

were disastrous, but Bramall argues that there was another side to the programme

taken as a whole. He urges that China’s Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and

late Maoism more generally (1964–78) need to be seen as a coherent plan for

development, rather than the genocidal programme of vengeance portrayed in

some quarters. The current system of government in China has presided over

three decades of very rapid economic growth. However, the author shows that

this growth has come at a price. One of the most unequal countries in the world,

China is rife with inequalities in income and in access to health and education.

Bramall makes it clear that unless radical change takes place, Chinese growth

will not be sustainable.

This wide-ranging text is relevant to all those studying the economic history

of China as well as its contemporary economy. It is also useful more gener-

ally for students and researchers in the ields of international and development

economics.

Chris Bramall is Professor of Chinese Political Economy at the School of East

Asian Studies, Shefield University, UK.

Chinese Economic

Development

Chris Bramall

First published 2009

by Routledge

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Bramall, Chris.

Chinese economic development / Chris Bramall.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Economic development—China—History.

2. China—Economic conditions—1949- I. Title.

HC427.9.B64 2008

338.951—dc22

2008012563

ISBN 0-203-89082-5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10: 0-415-37347-6 (hbk)

ISBN10: 0-415-37348-4 (pbk)

ISBN10: 0-203-89082-5 (ebk)

ISBN13: 978-0-415-37347-0 (hbk)

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ISBN13: 978-0-203-89082-0 (ebk)

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