Type of Document Dissertation Author Li, Wei Author's Email Address wli1@student.gsu.edu URN etd-05232008-161141 Title The Interaction between Ethnic Relations and State Power: A Structural Impediment to the Industrialization of China, 1850-1911 Degree Ph.D. Department Sociology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Toshi Kii Committee Chair Charles Gallagher Committee Member Douglas Reynolds Committee Member Jenny Heying Zhan Committee Member Kim Reimann Committee Member Keywords
- Industrialization
- Ethnic relations
- Qing government
- Eight Banner system
- Ethnic Inequality
- Anti-Manchuism
Date of Defense 2008-05-06 Availability unrestricted Abstract The case of late Qing China is of great importance to theories of economic development. This study examines the question of why China¡¯s industrialization was slow between 1865 and 1895 as compared to contemporary Japan¡¯s. Industrialization is measured on four dimensions: sea transport, railway, communications, and the cotton textile industry. I trace the difference between China¡¯s and Japan¡¯s industrialization to government leadership, which includes three aspects: direct governmental investment, government policies at the macro-level, and specific measures and actions to assist selected companies and industries. Compared to the Meiji government, the Chinese government¡¯s role in all of the three aspects was insufficient.Furthermore, I explore why the Chinese government did not lead China¡¯s economic development efficiently. The Manchu question¡ªManchu rule of Qing China and Manchu supremacy over other ethnic groups¡ªtriggered ethnic rebellions between the early 1850s and the early 1870s, which severely undermined the government in economic, political, and military terms. Ethnic rebellions in turn were caused by the government¡¯s unequal ethnic policies that had established an ethnic hierarchy in the empire. Moreover, the government spent a disproportionate amount of funds on the Manchu stipend to financially support the group compared to the government¡¯s investment in modern industries. The Manchu question surfaced after 1895 in the sense that pro-dynastic reforms attempted to deal with it. The 1911 Revolution eventually brought the Manchu question to an end.
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