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A/PROF STEPHEN MORGAN



Contact Details

Organization: Historical and Philosophical Studies
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Email:
Work: 8344 5282
Mobile: 0409 239 148
Fax: 9349 4293
Building: Babel Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Business and economic history of China Anthropometric history, management history, economic development China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province)

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
China Shanghai University Research, Teaching
China Nanjing University Research
United Kingdom London School of Economics and Political Science Research
Germany Universitaet Tuebingen Research
China Fudan University Research
Taiwan Academia Sinica - Institute of Taiwan History Research
Taiwan Academia Sinica - Institute of Modern History Research
China Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Monash University
Master of Arts The University of Hong Kong
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Was Japanese colonialism good for the welfare of Taiwanese? Stature and the standard of living
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The China Quarterly
    Volume: 192
    Page numbers: 990 - 1013
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Stature and famine in China: the welfare of the survivors of the great leap forward famine, 1959-61
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Asia-Pacific economic and business history conference
    Conference Publication: Asia-Pacific economic and business history conference
    Page numbers: 1 - 20
    Publisher: University of Sydney(Sydney)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Australian Immigration Archives as Sources for Business and Economic History
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Economic History Review
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 268-282
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  • Transfer of Taylorist Ideas to China, 1910-1930s
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Management History
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 408-424
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Corporate governance and institutional dynamics of Chinese firms: experiments in the 1920-30s and their contemporary relevance
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The Business History Conference
    Conference Publication: The Business History Conference
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: University of Toronto(Toronto)
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  • Econometric exploration of the interaction between disease and physical stature in colonial Taiwan
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Economic History Congress
    Conference Publication: International Economic History Congress
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: International Economic History Association
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  • Height, health and welfare in China over two centuries
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The 3rd International Conference on Economics and Human Biology
    Conference Publication: The 3rd International Conference on Economics and Human Biology
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: Elsevier(Amsterdam)
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  • Researching the transfer of management knowledge to China during the inter-war years: Bibliometric and social network approaches

    Year: 2006
    Event name: Asia/Pacific Economic and Business History Conference
    Conference Publication: Asia/Pacific Economic and Business History Conference
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology(Brisbane)
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  • Social networks, business associations and the governance of Chinese firms, c.1930 (Panel 96)
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Economic History Congress
    Conference Publication: International Economic History Congress
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: International Economic History Association
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  • The biological standard of living in South China during the 19th century: Estimates using data from Australian immigration and prison records
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Asia/Pacific Economic and Business Conference
    Conference Publication: Asia/Pacific Economic and Business Conference
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology(Brisbane)
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  • The welfare consequences of the great leap forward famine in China, 1959-61: the stature of survivors (Panel 123)
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Economic History Congress
    Conference Publication: International Economic History Congress
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: International Economic History Association
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Economics growth and the biological standard of living in China, 1880-1930
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Economics and Human Biology
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 197-218
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Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • China's Encounter with Scientific Management in the 1920-30s
    Year: 2003
    Event name: The Business History Conference, Annual Meeting
    Conference Publication: Business and Economic History on-line
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-20
    Publisher: The Business History Conference(Philadelphia)
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  • Scientific Management in China During the Inter-War Period, 1918-37
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Institutional Challenges for the Global China
    Conference Publication: Institutional Challenges for the Global China Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 378-378
    Publisher: Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Did economic growth increase net consumption levels in late Qing and Republican China? The stature evidence.
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Economics and Human Biology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Economics and Human Biology
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: The University of Tuebingen(Tuebingen)
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  • Health, nutrition and economic development in Taiwan under Japanese colonialism, 1895-1945
    Year: 2002
    Event name: First International Conference on Economics and Human Biology
    Conference Publication: First International Conference on Economics and Human Biology
    Page numbers: -
    Publisher: The University of Tuebingen(Tuebingen)
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  • Relational subcontracting: the case of contractual joint ventures in China
    Year: 2002
    Event name: ANZIBA 2002 conference
    Conference Publication: Asessing International Business Theory and Practice - Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy
    Page numbers: 461-475
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Personnel Discipline and Industrial Relations on the railways of Republican China
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Politics and History
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 24-38
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