Janku, Andrea (2013) '“New Methods to Nourish the People”: Late Qing Encyclopaedic Writings on Political Economy.' In: Doleželová-Velingerová, Milena and Wagner, Rudolf G., (eds.), Chinese Encyclopaedias of New Global Knowledge (1870‐1920): Changing Chinese Ways of Thought. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 329-366.
Abstract
The chapter on “Political Economy,” Jingji 經濟, in Explorations into the Origins of Western Learning, Xixue tanyuan 西學探源, written in Chinese by the Japanese official-turned-educator and political writer Okamoto Kansuke 罔本監輔 (1839–1904) and published in 1901 by the Commercial Press in Shanghai, offers a curious explanation of the importance of this new scientific discipline. It begins with a straightforward definition:
Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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Keywords: | Political Economy, Western Learn, Economic Competition, Periodical Press, Current Affair |
SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of History Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of History |
ISBN: | 9783642359156 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35916-3_10 |
Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2014 14:10 |
URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/18309 |
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