Tokyo. University of Tokyo Press. 1967. Plans, black and white photographic illustrations, 207pp, ex-library with usual stamps and mark, lower cover patch of smooth cloth, good hardback copy. Considers the evolution of China, India and Japan from the agriculturally based economies of the pre 20th century to the capitalist economies..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1968. Map, black and white photographic plates, xxiii + 472pp, glossary, index, dustjacket fairly shelf worn, otherwise a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167145. More
Canberra. East Asia Analytical Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 1992. Map, 152pp, a good copy in paperback. An examination of the tendencies in Chinese production and consumption of grain as a guide to international market prospects. When referring to this item please quote stockid 136715. More
No place of publication in English. No publisher given in English. 2000. Maps, profuse colour photographic illustrations, 103pp, spine faded, otherwise a very good paperback copy. Tall quarto. A photographic survey with captions in Chinese and English. When referring to this item please quote stockid 141036. More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 2001. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white plates, 84pp, glossary, bibliography, index, foxed upper edge, covers lightly soiled, a good copy. Images of Asia. When referring to this item please quote stockid 158688. More
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1969. ix + 361pp, index, bibliography, chronology, glossary, list of documents, dustjacket worn and heavily marked, endpapers little foxed, edges lightly foxed, very sound to good copy. Examines the substance and the procedures of the agrarian struggle in China. Also illuminates the crucial issue of..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1992. Map, xx + 264pp, index, cover spine trifle sunned, hardback, deacquisitioned ex-library copy with usual stamps, some neat pencilling, a sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167444. More
New York. Free Press. No date. (Circa 1983). Black and white photographic llustrations, xii + 317pp, index, remainder mark lower edge, some wear and closed tears to price-clipped dustjacket, now protected, spotted front cover and marked pages. Generally a sound copy. The author's observations of living and studying in a...... More
Chicago. Uni. of Chicago Press. 1978. Maps, black and white illustrations, tables, xiii + 419pp, appendices, index, paperback, extremities a trifle worn, upper corner little creased, still a good sound copy. Focusing on rural Kwantung province, the authors examine the rural work-incentive system, village equality and inequality, rural health care..... More
Singapore. Times. 1977. Colour and black and white illustrations, 159pp, bibliography, notes, neat signature of a prior owner front free endpaper, good paperback copy bumped at corners. Small quarto. Examines life in rural China during the 1970s. Chapters include: Families; Commerce and Finance: Striving for Self-Suficiency; Production Brigades (Villages); Production..... More
Singapore. Times. 1977. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 159pp, bibliography, notes, some wear and creasing to covers, little surface loss to upper cover, note on reverse of upper, very sound to good copy. Small quarto in paperback. Examines life in rural China during the 1970s. Chapters include: Families;..... More
New Haven. Yale UP New Haven 1989, 1989. xxiv + 378pp, index, glossary, references, notes, a good hardback copy in dustjacket. "When peasants live in complex agrarian societies with distinct hierarchies of power, how much are they able to shape their world? In this socioeconomic, political, and anthropological history, Helen..... More
Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 1964. Reprint. Maps, diagrams, Part I : 40pp; Part II: 33pp; Part III: 36pp, original wrappers faded and worn along edges, corners little bumped, prior owner's name title page, internally clean, a sound copy. First two parts provide a summary description and preliminary analysis of..... More
New York. Haskell House Publishers. 1968. Reprint. Black and white photographic plates, frontispiece, 360pp, index, glossary, upper edge trifle foxed, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178106. More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1986. 272pp, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Written in a most accessible style this book is a study of the first major American effort to aid a developing country, China, in the early 20th century. Fascinating for anyone interested in China at this time..... More
Kent. Croom Helm. 1985. 241pp, appendices, bibliography, index, a very good copy in dustjacket. Examines the attempts to modernize Chines agriculture and considers the strategies of agricultural mechanization which have been pursued. When referring to this item please quote stockid 16686. More
New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1983. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxi + 286pp, notes, index, covers lifting slightly, dustjacket little worn, good copy. This book provides a new perspective on the relationship of Chinese peasant society to the modern Chinese revolution. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1977. 1st Edition. Coloured photographic portrait frontispiece, and numerous black and white photographic illustrations, 199pp, original stiff paper wrappers; the front wrapper with a colour photographic illustration. Translated from Chinese into English. 18.3 x 13cm. Written in the typical style of the Maoist regime, this booklet..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. Reprint. 1959. Fifth Printing. Maps, illustrations, xvii + 275pp, appendices, index, covers a little rubbed and marked, good hardback copy. Chapter headings include: The Village Site; the People; Standards of Living; Components of a Family; Intrafamilial Relationships; The Family as a Primary Economic Group; The..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1977. Colour portrait frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, 199pp, 12mo, very good copy in lightly marked paperback. Written in the typical style of the Maoist regime, this booklet describes Tachai - the agricultural "brigade" named after a village of some 480 inhabitants - and its..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1977. 1st edition. Colour portrait frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, 199pp, light wear, small mark upper cover, good copy in paperback. Translated from Chinese into English. 18.3 x 12.8cm. Written in the typical style of the Maoist regime, this booklet describes Tachai - the agricultural..... More