ECON 6355-01LEC 11662 Economic Development of Asia June 1, 2010-July3, 2010
ECON 6355-02 LEC 15784 Economic Development of Asia July 6, 2010-Aug 12, 2010


See syllabus for Economics 3355 Summer 2009 for details.

Reading on China for the Economics 3355 course:

o   Science and Civilisation in China Volume 7: The Social Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections by Joseph Needham, Ray Huang (Contributor), Kenneth Girdwood Robinson (Editor), Mark Elvin (Introduction)***

o   The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy by Kenneth Pomeranz., Princeton University Press

o   The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth by Barry Naughton The MIT Press, Paperback

o   The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China by Dieter Kuhn and Timothy Brook

 

It is also available as a graduate course, Economics 6355. Those taking it for graduate credit will also be required to use The Cambridge History of China, Volume 5, The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907­1279, Part 1. Edited by Denis Twitchett, Paul Jakov Smith. Hardback (ISBN-13:9780521812481)and) De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola, Dover Publications Paperback. This is in ADDITION to the books for the undergraduate section.

 

Again see syllabus for Economics 3355 Summer 2009 for details on the topic for your paper for the course. For those who wish to pursue the topic further after the course is completed, I recommend the following two books. Both are in the UH Library. The Introduction and CHAPTER 3, Part Two, Part II, Pages 569 to 614 of "Graphics and text in the production of technical knowledge in China" would be useful for your papers. Both of the following books are NOT required reading.

 

o   Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 2, Agriculture by Joseph Needham and Francesca Bray, Cambridge University Press

o   Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China : The Warp and the Weft. Edited by Francesca Bray, Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann, Georges Métailié, Leiden ; Boston : Brill