Key papers on Chinese economic history up to 1949 / / edited by Michael Dillon.

• TeilnehmendeR: Dillon, Michael, 1949-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Key Papers 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1,792 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; The Evolution of Population Census Undertakings in China, 1953–2010 /; Regionalism in China’s Postwar Reconstruction /; China’s Changing Regional Disparities during the Reform Period /; A Review of China’s Economy in 1970 /; Economic Development Prospects and Problems in China /; China’s Transitional Economy: Interpreting Its Significance /; Economic Analysis of the People’s Republic of China /; Economic Reform and Social Change in China: Past, Present, and Future of the Economic State /; Market Transition and Societal Transformation in Reforming State Socialism /; China’s Unbalanced Economic Growth /; Land Redistribution in Communist China /; Communist China’s Agrarian Policy, 1954–56 /; Contracts in China Revisited, with a Focus on Agriculture, 1949–63 /; Foodgrains Output in the People’s Republic of China, 1958–1965 /; Why China Imports Wheat /; The Evolution of Agricultural Policy /; 40 Years On: Provincial Contrasts in China’s Rural Economic Development /; The Production Responsibility System in Chinese Agriculture: Some Examples from Guangdong /; A New Direction for China’s State Farms /; Grey and Black: The Hidden Economy of Rural China /; Farmers’ Preferences Regarding Ownership and Land Tenure in Post-Mao China: Unexpected Evidence from Eight Counties /; Emerging Land Markets in Rural and Urban China: Policies and Practices /; Stagnation without Equity: Patterns of Growth and Inequality in China’s Rural Economy /; Research Note: The Changing Grain Marketing System in China /; Redefining State, Plan and Market: China’s Reforms in Agricultural Commerce /; The Politics of Agricultural Mechanization in the post-Mao Era, 1977–87 /; China’s Agrarian Reform and the Privatization of Land: A contrarian view /; Industrial Production in Communist China: 1957–1968 /; Small Industry and the Chinese Model of Development /; Inheritors of the Boom: Private Enterprise and the Role of Local Government in a Rural South China Township /; Factory and Manager in an Era of Reform /; Industrial Relations in China: The New Line /; New Bosses in the Workers’ State: The Growth of Non-State Sector Employment in China /; The Illicit Asset Stripping of Chinese State Firms /; Subsistence Crises, Managerial Corruption and Labour Protests in China /; Guanxi and the Allocation of Urban Jobs in China /; Learning from Ta-ch’ing: China’s Oil Prospects /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004304983
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Michael Dillon.

China’s economic development has become a matter of world-wide interest since the boom that began in the 1980s. Key Papers in Chinese Economic History since 1949 offers a selection of outstanding articles that trace the origins of the modern Chinese economy. Topics covered include agriculture and the rural economy; industrialisation and urbanisation; finance and capital; political economy and international connections.