Chinese Economic Development

Chris Bramall is Professor of Chinese Political Economy at the School of East Asian Studies, Sheffield University, UK.

• 1. Introduction, Part I - Starting Points, 2. Measuring Development, 3. The Chinese Economy on the Eve of Revolution, Part II - The transition to Socialism, 1949-1963, 4. Early Maoism, 1949-1955, 5. The Great Famine, 1955-1963, Part III - The late Maoist era, 1963-1978, 6. The Late Maoist Development Strategy, 7. The Revolution in Educationm, 8. Collective Farming, 9. The Third Front and Rural Industrialization, 10. Late Maoism: An Assessment, Part IV - Market Socialism, 1978-1996, 11. The Era of Market Socialism, 1978-1996, 12. Foreign Trade and Inward Investment since 1971, 13. Industrial Development since 1978, 14. China's Developmental Record in the Era of Deng Xiaoping, Part V - The Transition to Capitalism, 1996-2007, 15. Chinese Capitalism since 1996, 16. The Revolution Betrayed? 17. Summary and Conclusions

"Bramall’s comprehensive analysis of China’s economic maturation since 1949 is clearly written, consistently informative and resolutely provocative." – R.P. Gardella, emeritus, United States Merchant Marine Academy, CHOICE (September 2009, Vol. 47)