num_pages: 280
description: First published in 1988, this book explores the socio-economic and political impacts of Chinese socialist movements, peasant initiatives, rural industrialization and economic reforms in China in the mid-twentieth century.
language: English
title: Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl: Prospects for Socialism in China's Countryside
titlecomplete: Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl: Prospects for Socialism in China's Countryside
publisher: Routledge