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Li Bozhong

Li Bozhong

Chinese economic historian


Li Bozhong (Chinese: 李伯重; born 10 October 1949) is a Chinese economic historian and a Chair Professor of Humanities at Peking University and Chair Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tsinghua University.[1][2][3]

Early year and education

Li was born in Kunming, Yunnan, a province in Southwest China, on 10 October 1949. His father Li Shan (李埏) was also a historian specializing in Song dynasty. Due to the Culture Revolution (1966-1976), Li Bozhong could not go to the college after graduating from high school until 1978.[4][5]

Li received his MA (1981) and PhD (1985) in History from Xiamen University. From 1991 to 1992, Li was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan.[6]

Academic career

Li was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Michigan from 1992 to 1993.[3]

He joined the faculty of Peking University in 2017.[3]

Works

  • Li, B. (2021) An Early Modern Economy in China: The Yangzi Delta in the 1820s. Cambridge University Press.
  • Li, B. (1998) Agricultural development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850. Springer.

References

  1. "李伯重". 清华大学国学研究院. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  2. 张弘. "李伯重:把中国放到全球史的视野". 凤凰网资讯. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

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