Agriculture in China's Modern Economic Development

by Nicholas R. Lardy

Overview

Explores the relationship between the Chinese peasantry, who are the fundamental base of support for the revolutionary Chinese Communist Party, and the state-led economic system established by the Party after 1949.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521071703
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/14/2008
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables, figures, and maps; Preface; 1. The role of agriculture; 2. Planning and allocative efficiency; 3. Prices and intersectoral resource transfers; 4. Living standards and the distribution of income; 5. Prospects for reform; Appendixes; Notes; References; Index.