You might want to begin with THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA series. Some articles on Chinese economic history are:

Volume 9, "Economic developments, 1644-1800" by Ramon Myers and Yeh-chien Wang.

Volume 11, "The economic trends in the late Ch'ing empire, 1870-1911" by Albert Feuerwerker.

Volume 12, "Economic trend, 1912-49" by Albert Feuerwerker.


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