Western wind meets eastern soil: road to industrialization in China (1874–1927)

IF 1.8 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI:10.1080/10225706.2018.1504806

Chong Xu, Qing Pei, Veronica Kayan Wong, Chenxian Gu, D. Zhang

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Abstract

ABSTRACT China’s industrialization after the 1840s has been mainly regarded as a reaction to external shocks from Western countries. However, Rostow’s stages of growth theory states that industrialization should be achieved by adequate groundwork of agrarian economy. In this context, this study aims to quantitatively analyze China’s industrialization from 1874 to 1927 by comparing the external influences of foreign factors (including trade and finance) and the internal agrarian economy. Statistical results empirically supports China’s industrialization should be treated as a self-strengthening movement in response to the negative impact of foreign factors and weak basis of agrarian economy. The empirical findings could further supplement the current knowledge on the development of China’s industrialization and the case of such industrialization must be analyzed in the context of colonized economy from a macro-scale in time and space. Furthermore, current findings could also show the limitation of Rostow’s stages of growth theory as applied to a colonized society.

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西风迎东方土:中国的工业化之路(1874-1927)

19世纪40年代以后的中国工业化主要被认为是对来自西方国家外部冲击的反应。然而，罗斯托的增长阶段理论指出，工业化应该通过充分的农业经济基础来实现。在此背景下，本研究旨在通过比较外部因素(包括贸易和金融)与内部农业经济的外部影响，定量分析1874 - 1927年中国的工业化。统计结果实证支持中国工业化应被视为一种自我强化运动，以应对外来因素的负面影响和农业经济基础薄弱。实证研究结果可以进一步补充当前对中国工业化发展的认识，必须从宏观的时间和空间尺度上对中国工业化的案例进行殖民经济背景下的分析。此外，目前的研究结果也可能表明罗斯托的成长阶段理论在应用于殖民社会时的局限性。

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