Dr Kent Deng,

FRHistS The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

, is full professor in

Economic History Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and ins ...

at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. He is a member of the Asian Research Centre and has been Secretary of the History and Economic Development Group UK since 2000. Kent studied economic history in

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...

, Australia under the eminent economic historian Eric L. Jones. He was a lecturer in Economic History at

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

of South Australia, and senior lecturer in Economic History at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

, New Zealand. He has published widely in the field of Chinese maritime history and pre-modern trade. His current research concerns the economic history of

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, focussing on the comparison between China and the West in pre-modern and early modern history and the economic role of the Chinese peasantry.

Bibliography

*Deng, K. & Shengmin, S. (2019
China's Extraordinary Population Expansion and Its Determinants during the Qing Period, 1644-1911
''Population Review'' 58(1) *Deng, K. & O'Brien, P. (2017) Why Maddison Was Wrong. ''World Economics Journal'' 18(2) *Du, J & Deng, K.. (2017) Getting food prices right: the state versus the market in reforming China, 1979–2006. ''European Review of Economic History'' 21(3) *Booth, A. & Deng, K. (2017) Japanese Colonialism in Comparative Perspective. ''Journal of World History'' 28(1) *Deng, K. & O'Brien, P. (2016) Establishing statistical foundations of a chronology for the great divergence: a survey and critique of the primary sources for the construction of relative wage levels for Ming–Qing China. The Economic History Review, 69: 1057-1082 *Deng, K. & O'Brien, P. (2016) China's GDP Per Capita from the Han Dynasty to Communist Times. ''World Economics'' ''Journal'' 7(2) *Deng, K. (2015) Mapping China’s Growth and Development in the Long Run, 221 BC to 2020. ''World Scientific Press and Imperial College Press'' *Deng, K. & O’Brien, P. (2016) Nutritional Standards of Living in England and the Yangtze Delta (Jiangnan), circa 1644–circa 1840: Clarifying Data for Reciprocal Comparisons. ''Journal of World History'' 26(2) *Deng, K. and Zheng, L. (2015) Growth and Development in Northern Song China, 960-1127. ''The Economic History Review'' 68(4) *Deng, K. (2011) China’s Political Economy in Modern Times: Changes and Economic Consequences, 1800–2000. ''Routledge Press''

External links

London School of Economics webpage
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Economic History of Premodern China (from 221 BC to c. 1800 AD)
Kent Deng, EH.Net Encyclopedia, edited by Robert Whaples. 8 November 2004.
Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 7 May 2019 (video)
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