Böcker av Linda Grove

How have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China from prehistoric times to the present day? This book presents for the first time in English the work of leading Japanese scholars who examine the gender dynamics that have shaped and changed Chinese society over several thousand years.

This text brings together the work of an international group of scholars who have explored the functioning of commercial networks in Asia, from the mid-19th century when transport and communications revolutions began to change those networks, to the 1930s.

This powerful and meticulously researched study explores the role of rural industry and entrepreneurship in the Chinese economic miracle. Linda Grove focuses on one weaving district in North China, exploring the ways in which small industrial firms have accumulated capital, organized their firms, developed nationwide marketing networks, and promoted brands over the last century. Cutting across the conventional divide between studies of "history" and "contemporary economy," the author persuasively shows the links between traditional Chinese business practices and modern economic growth. Based on several decades of archival research, surveys, and fieldwork, A Chinese Economic Revolution provides the first English-language exploration of the business history of small Chinese firms.