Economic and Technological Growth in the Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty exemplifies a historical convergence of commercialization, urbanization, and industrialization—the same three factors used to define modernization/modernity more broadly. This concept belongs to Chinese art and cultural history, situating a specific dynastic period within the comparative framework of global economic development and technological innovation (e.g., movable type printing, paper money, gunpowder, the compass) as drivers of knowledge dissemination and social change.
Economic and Technological Growth in the Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty exemplifies a historical convergence of commercialization, urbanization, and industrialization—the same three factors used to define modernization/modernity more broadly. This concep…