Rural development in China : prospect and retrospect / Fei Hsiao-tung ; with a foreword by Tang Tsou.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fei, Xiaotong.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rural development--China--Case studies.
• Cities and towns--China--Case studies.
• Cities and towns.
• Rural conditions.
• Rural development.
• China.
• Villages--China--Case studies.
• Villages.
• China--Rural conditions--Case studies.

Genre:

• Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 240 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Summary:

Fei Hsiao-tung's Peasant Life in China (E.P. Dutton, 1939) is now a classic in the study of Chinese rural life. In this field study of Kaihsienkung (Kaixian'gong), a village in his native Wujiang county, Jiangsu province, he developed the theme that, due to a huge population and the scarcity of cultivable land, Chinese peasants derived a substantial part of their income from household sideline and handicraft industries. When these declined for one reason or another, the peasants' standard of living declined as well; some sold their land and left for the cities.

Notes:

"Portions of this book were originally published in Chinese village close-up (1983) and Small towns in China (1986) by New World Press, Beijing"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

• 0226239594
• 0226239608

OCLC:

19325542