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From heaven to earth : images and experiences of development in China / Elisabeth Croll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Croll, Elisabeth, 1944-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural development--Sociological aspects--China.
- Rural development.
- Agriculture and state--China.
- Agriculture and state.
- China--Rural conditions.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book combines information on events, processes and structures into a comprehensive introduction to the study of reform in rural China, and provides an invaluable complement to contemporary studies of China.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Imaging heaven: collective dreams; State policies: revolution, responsibility and reform; Peasant experiences: household and village development; Resource management: land, service and enterprise; Information networked: cadre, knowledge and agency; Income generation: riches, poverty and projects; Aggregation: labour, family and kin; Continuity: sons, successors and the single child; Discontinuity: daughters, discrimination and denial; Living the earth: family aspirations; tables; field methods; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-310) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-85333-5
- 1-280-33166-6
- 0-203-04038-4
- 9780203040386
- OCLC:
- 475876170
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