Westernization Movement and Early Thought of Modernization in China: Pragmatism and Changes in Society, 1860s1900s [Hardcover]

This book examines the Westernization Movement in modern Chinese History, in the latter 19th century and the economic impact on manufacturing and enterprise evolution. It examines the rise, development, and performance of this movement on both the micro and macro-levels. This book reveals achievements in technology transfer without political changes, which set the limits for the westernization movement. It evaluates the link between the Westernization Movement and Chinas economic reforms after 1978, and the factors that may have constrained the development of economic thought in China.

 

The book provides valuable  insights into how Chinese economic thought transitioned, and is a valuable contribution to the debate on how the early Westernization Movement in China caused a change in consumer thought. It will be of interest to academics in economic history and those interested in the development of modern China and the emergence of manufacturing and entrepreneurship in China.

Part 1   Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Change of Time and the Formation of the Westernization Thought.- Chapter 2. The Guiding Principle of Westernization Movement.-Chapter 3. The Development Strategies of the Self-Strengthening Modernization.- Chapter 4. Social Reformative Thought of Westernization Group.- Part 2. Business.- Chapter 5. Raising Capital.- Chapter 6. Improve the thought of technology.- Chapter 7. The thinking of cultivation personnel of running business.- Chapter 8. Thoughts of Hiring Free Labors.- Chapter 9. Theories of enterprise operation and management.- Chapter 10.   Companies Organization System Thoughts.- Part 3. National Economy.- Chapter 11.   Develop Thought of Modern Agriculture.- Chapter 12. Development of modern industry thought.- Chapter 13. The ideology of developing modern business.- Chapter 14.&nbsplÃ/