China and Europe, 1500-2000 and Beyond: What is "Modern"?
AFE
China & Europe
  • Intro(current)
  • "Modern"?
    Redefining the Modern World Decoupling "Modern" from "European" Appreciating Asian Dynamics
  • Industrial Revolution
    Common Dynamics Industrial Evolution, not Revolution? Rethinking Regions Explaining the Industrial Revolution in Europe
  • New Units of Analysis
    • China & Europe: The New Units of Analysis China & Europe: 1500-1800
      • Was China More Productive Than Europe?, Part 1
      • Was China More Productive Than Europe?, Part 2
      • China: An "Early Modern" Society, Part 1
      • China: An "Early Modern" Society, Part 2
      • China: An "Early Modern" Society, Part 3
      • The Silver Trade, Part 1
      • The Silver Trade, Part 2
      • Population Growth: Myth of the Big Chinese Family
    • China & Europe: 1780-1937
      • The Revolution Explained
      • What Happened?
      • Differential Growth
  • Modern China
    The Precedent for Modern Politics The Rural Industry Tradition in China
  • Conclusion
  • For Teachers
    Teachers Guide Lesson Plans Classroom Resources Timeline of Chinese Inventions [PDF] China's Gifts to the West [PDF] Chinese Ideas in the West [PDF] Emperors and Reign Periods [PDF] Bibliography
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FOR TEACHERS

⚬ Teachers Guide

Introduction

What do We Mean by "Modern"?

Rethinking the Industrial Revolution

China and Europe: the New Units of Analysis

Summary

Key Terms / Vocabulary

Study Questions

Discussion Questions

China and Europe: 1500-1800

China and Europe: 1780-1937

China Achieves a Modern State

Conclusion: Issues for the 21st Century

Lesson Plan (PDF)

⚬ Lesson Plans

Rethinking the rise of the West: The Great Divergence Debate

Rethinking the rise of the West: Global Commodities

Standards of Modernity — China and Europe

Parallels in England and the Yangzi Basin of China in the 1800s

⚬ Classroom Resources

⚬ Timeline of Chinese Inventions [PDF]

⚬ China's Gifts to the West [PDF]

⚬ Chinese Ideas in the West [PDF]

⚬ Emperors and Reign Periods [PDF]

⚬ Bibliography of related reading

For Teachers: Teachers' Guide

China and Europe: the New Units of Analysis

Discussion Questions

  1. Do Pomeranz and Wong’s arguments about units of analysis make sense?
  2. Can you think of other examples of comparison in which the units being compared do not seem to match up?

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