num_pages: 333
description: In this innovative book, Daniel Little compares the positions of various social scientists regarding debates in China studies. Little focuses on four topics: the relative importance of individual rationality and community values in explaining traditional peasant behavior; the role of marketing and transportation systems in Chinese society; the causes of agricultural stagnation in traditional China; and the reasons for peasant rebellions in Qing China. He not only makes a constructive contribution to these controversies but also provides examples of the diversity of social science research.
language: English
title: Understanding Peasant China: Case Studies in the Philosophy of Social Science
titlecomplete: Understanding Peasant China: Case Studies in the Philosophy of Social Science
genres: China
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Yale University Press