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2015
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Standard of value Investment and saving Saving and thrift Accumulation, Capital Capital formation Capital accumulation Mechanical perspective Linear perspective Architectural perspective Papers 19th century Revolution, Industrial Council of Europe countries Indicators, Business Economic indicators--Statistics Leading indicators Indicators, Economic Business indicators Concept formationCiter ce document
Marion Gaspard, « Chinese Peril and European Decay : Economic Analyses in France (1895–1904) », Revue économique, ID : 10670/1.a93944...
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At the end of the 19th century, in the context of a general concern about the alleged « decay of white races », the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) opens the perspective of an industrial revolution in China. The paper studies how economic concepts and theories are used to evaluate the possibility of a « Chinese Peril » for Europe, but also how the debate, while progressing both from conceptual and a methodological viewpoints, relies on racialist representations to estimate the relative value of key economic indicators (wage, productivity, initiative, speeds of capital accumulation and technological transfers, institutional efficiency).Classification JEL : A13, B13, B14, B15
