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1、297THESTATEANDTHEECONOMYINLATEIMPERIALCHINAALBERTFEUERWERKERThequestion,theoreticalandempirical,oftherelationofthestatetotheeconomyinpreindustrialsocietieshasofcoursenotbeenignored.Marx,forexample,madethisoneofhiscentralconcernsinthosesectionsoftheGrundrisseder
2、KritikderpolitischenOkonomiethatdiscussprecapitalisteconomicformations.AndnearlyallresearchonChina'seconomicandsocialhistoryhas,explicitlyorimplicitly,takenaccountoftheimperialgovernmentasapositive,oranegative,oraneutralfactorinthedevelop-mentofthespecifichisto
3、ricalproblemunderstudy.What1proposetodointhisbriefpaperistoconsideranumberofthewaysinwhichthestateintheSong,Ming,andQingdynasties(i.e.,fromtheelevenththroughthenine-teenthcenturies,whichwemaycall"lateimperialChina"l)didinfactinteractwiththeeconomy;todiscussthes
4、epoliciesandmeasuresinthecontextofthepotentialmeansbywhichapremodernstatemayinfluenceapremoderneconomy;andattimestocomparetheChinesehistoricalexpe-riencewiththatofearlymodernEuropefromthefifteenthtotheeighteenthcenturies.Iamconcernedwithsuchquestionsastheextent
5、towhichChineseadminis-tratorsinthelateimperialperioddeliberatelyintervenedintheeconomy,howthey"didso,andwithwhatresults.Whatimpactdidtheirunwittingintervention(e.g.,throughthecollectionoftaxes)have?CantheremarkablepremoderneconomicgrowththatChinaexperiencedbeat
6、tributedtothecharacterorintensityofstateintervention?HowdidtheChineseexperienceintheseregardsdifferfromthatofearlymodernEurope,andtowhatdegreedoesstateinterventionaccountforthemorerapidgrowthoftheEuropeaneconomyafter1750?Sobroadanessayasthisonecan,Ifear,onlydem
7、onstratemyownhistoricalignorance.Butitmayneverthelessbeusefulinidentifyingsomeparticularlysalientproblemsthatmeritfurtherinvesti-gation.CenterforChineseStudies,UniversityofMichigan.298Thislargesubjectcannotbecoveredsystematicallyinsobriefaspace.Beforeproceeding
8、withmypartialeffort,letmeindicatethebroaderrangeofdistinctionsthatamorethoroughpresentationmightrequire,andthuslocatethispapermoreprecisely.Inthecaseofthe"state,"forexample,
