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Kent Deng

Dr Kent Deng, FRHistS, is full professor in Economic History at the London School of Economics. He is a member of the Asian Research Centre and has been Secretary of the History and Economic Development Group UK since 2000.

Life

Kent studied economic history in La Trobe University, Australia under the eminent economic historian Eric L. Jones. He was a lecturer in Economic History at Flinders University of South Australia, and senior lecturer in Economic History at Victoria University of Wellington, 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 South-East Asia, 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) . European Review of Economic History 21(3)
  • Booth, A. & Deng, K. (2017) . Journal of World History 28(1)
  • Deng, K. & O'Brien, P. (2016) . 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) . World Scientific Press and Imperial College Press
  • Deng, K. & O’Brien, P. (2016) . Journal of World History 26(2)
  • Deng, K. and Zheng, L. (2015) . The Economic History Review 68(4)
  • Deng, K. (2011) . Routledge Press

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