Paradoxes of Post-Mao Rural Reform: Initial Steps Toward a New Chinese Countryside, 1976-1981

by Warren Sun, Frederick Teiwes, Frederick C. Teiwes

Book Overview

The decollectivization of Chinese agriculture in the early post-Mao period is widely recognized as a critical part of the overall reform program. But the political process leading to this outcome is poorly understood. A number of approaches have dominated the existing literature: 1) a power/policy struggle between Hua Guofeng's alleged neo-Maoists and Deng Xiaoping's reform coalition; 2) the power of the peasants; and 3) the leading role of provincial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138856584
• ISBN13: 9781138856585
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"