Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-281) and index.
Major dynastic periods in China's history -- 1. Introduction / Gregory Blue and Timothy Brook -- 2. The West, capitalism, and the modern world-system / Immanuel Wallerstein -- 3. China and Western social thought in the modern period / Gregory Blue -- 4. Capitalism and the writing of modern history in China / Timothy Brook -- 5. Towards a critical history of non-Western technology / Francesa Bray -- 6. The political economy of agrarian empire and its modern legacy / R. Bin Wong.