Agriculture in China's Modern Economic Development [Paperback]

Explores the relationship between the Chinese peasantry and the state-led economic system established by the Party after 1949.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.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.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.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.