China's rural market development in the reform era / Him Chung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chung, Him, 1969-

Series:

Ashgate economic geography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Markets--China.

Markets.

Market towns--China.

Market towns.

Rural development--China.

Rural development.

China.

China--Rural conditions.

Rural conditions.

China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

Marketplace, geography, and space

China's rural market district : the central place theory and Skinner

China's rural market development since 1979 : has the traditional market system been revived?

Local market pattern and hierarchy : case studies of Deqing and Dongguan

Beyond the preoccupation of transport : economic factors and their impact on China's rural market development

Invisible hand versus invisible wall : administrative parameters and rural market development

Deqing, Dongguan, and spatial variations

Skinner, rural market development, and economic reform : a conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-184) and index.

ISBN:

0754637646

OCLC:

54365589