Economic change in late Imperial China and early Modern Europe -- Dynamics of industrial expansion in early Modern Europe and late Imperial China -- Making modern economies -- Chinese and European perspectives on state formation and transformation -- Constructing domestic order -- Political economies in Europe and China -- The Chinese State after 1850 -- China after 1949 -- Grain seizures and political economy -- State making, fiscal negotiations, and tax resistance -- Revolutions -- Comparative history and social theory

1. China -- History
2. Europe -- History
3. China -- Economic conditions
4. China -- Social conditions
5. Europe -- Economic conditions
6. Europe -- Social conditions