Title: Calamity and reform in China : state, rural society, and institutional change since the great leap famine /
Authors: Yang, Dali L.
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Rural development China; Agriculture and state China.; Famines China; China Politics and government
Contents: The path to disaster -- The political economy of the Great Leap Famine -- The Great Leap Famine and rural liberalization -- The cultural revolution interlude -- Structural incentives for rural reform -- The political struggle over reform -- Reform euphoria, policy myopia, and rising rural discontent -- Rural industrialization, political empowerment, and state policy.