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Economy and Society, 1800–1978

In: China’s Economy

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  • David J. Pyle

    (Faculty of Social Sciences
    University of Leicester)

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When the Communists took control of China in 1949, the economy had been ravaged by nearly one hundred years of conflict. First had come internal conflicts which culminated in the civil war between the Communists and the Nationalists (the Kuomintang). Second, superimposed upon this conflict, there had been a series of wars with various Western imperialist aggressors, the last of which was the war with Japan (1937–45). As a result, industrial production in 1949 was barely more than one half of its pre-war peak (Riskin, 1987).

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  • David J. Pyle, 1997. "Economy and Society, 1800–1978," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: China’s Economy, chapter 2, pages 24-49, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25802-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25802-4_2
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