Background
Rawski, Thomas George was born on November 23, 1943 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Conrad Henry R. and Lisbeth Edith Fleisher.
( This book's analysis of economic growth in China from t...)
This book's analysis of economic growth in China from the late nineteenth century to the Pacific War challenges the common notion that the prewar decades were a time of stagnation or decline. Focusing on the modern sector—cotton textile factories, sail and steamship transport, and Western-style commercial banking—Rawski demonstrates that, in spite of extreme economic and political uncertainty, the period saw significant economic growth. He portrays the transformation of China's economy as a long-term process spanning both sides of the 1949 political divide—economic progress did not await the arrival of socialism. China's recent turn toward the capitalist road lends added significance to this study, which illustrates the dynamic potential of the market system in a Chinese cultural setting.
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Rawski, Thomas George was born on November 23, 1943 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Conrad Henry R. and Lisbeth Edith Fleisher.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1965; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1972.
Assistant professor economics, U. Toronto (Ontario), 1971-1976; associate professor, U. Toronto (Ontario), 1976-1980; professor, U. Toronto (Ontario), 1980-1985; professor economics, U. Pittsburgh, since 1985; external research scholar, Institute Developing Economics, Toyko, since 1973; postdoctoral research scholar, Center Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, since 1974; visiting research scholar, Asian studies program, U. Pitts, 1977-1978.
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Member Association Asian Studies (board directors 1983-1985), American Economics Association, Association Comparative Economics Studies, Economics History Society.
Married Evelyn Tomoe Sakakida, December 16, 1967.