Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1974. First edition. Map, colour portrait frontispiece Mao Tsetung, black and white photographic illustrations, 212pp, a very good paperback copy. A typical piece of Communist Chinese propaganda from the 70's. The publisher describes the book as follows: "This is a book of easy-to-read reportage in depth..... More
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. Reprint.1979. iMap, black and white photographic llustrations, xiv + 288pp, index, very good in dustjacket. China. Late 1950s to early 1960s. Looks at agriculture, industry and trade. Also includes section on politics of the commune, highlighting the role of women and youth, and the place..... More
Stanford. Stanford UP Stanford 1988-91, 1991. [Reprint]. Map, viii + 326pp, notes, bibliography, index, glossary of Chinese terms, paperback, spine lightly faded, a very good copy. "In the early twentieth century, the Chinese state made strenuous efforts to broaden and deepen its authority over rural society. This book is an..... More
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1945. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xv + 319pp, index, lettering on spine barely visible, some browning and a little insect damage endpapers, a sound copy. "This study analyses the basic problem of how the villagers in interior China live on the land, and..... More
New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1991. Reprint. Maps, black and white illustrations, tables, xxiv + 336pp, appendix, index, small bump upper edge, but still a very good paperback copy. This detailed portrait of social change in the North China plain depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during..... More
Bathurst. Crawford House. (circa1999). Map, black and white illustrations, xiv + 286pp, index, paperback. Large signature half title. Tells the story of Gao village in Jiangxi Province where the author was born and grew up. Several accounts of village life in China have been published, but all have been by..... 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. "The true essence of China is rooted in its villages. South China Village Culture provides a concise, clear overview of..... More
New Haven. Yale. 1989. xxiv + 378pp, index, glossary, references, notes, dustjacket spine sunned, remainder mark lower edge, foxed edges, a good hardback copy otherwise. "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..... 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
Montreal. C Hurst & Co Publishers. 1980. Map, 198 pages, notes, bibliography, index pages browned and speckled throughout, edges browned, red cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine A study of rural societal policies in the People’s Republic of China since 1949. The book presents a narrative..... More
Paris. Les Indes Savantes. 2005. Colour photographic illustrations, 108pp, index, bibliography, upper right corner little bumped, a very good paperback copy. Text in French. Small quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 150885). More
New York. American Geographical Society. 1926. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xvi + 199pp, quarto. From the library of Professor O.B. van der Sprenkel, some light foxing throughout, cloth lightly worn and marked. American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 6. Discussion of the economic, natural and political causes..... More
Free Press. New York. n.d. (c. 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 village..... 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
Ithaca. Cornell Uni. Press. 1951. Maps, tables, xviii + 407pp, appendix, index, cloth binding little worn, gilt upper cover and spine, corners bumped, small bookseller label laid down front pastedown, neat name and date front free endpaper, edges lightly foxed, overall a good copy. The author was a member of..... More
Peking. Science Press. 1958. iv + 107pp, blue cloth covered boards, gilt titling upper cover and spine, upper cover slightly bowed, endpapers trifle foxed, neat stamp of a prior owner title page, a good copy. Agricultural classic. Chapter headings related to proper choice of season and soil; cereals, vegetables, fruit..... 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
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 York. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1932. 208pp, bookplate front paste down, browned front free endpaper clipped along right hand edge. Covers flecked, edges foxed, endpapers browned. A sound reading copy only. Discusses The Problems of the Peasant; The Possibilities of Rural Progress; The Old Industrial Order and the New..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1975. Colour and black and white illustrations, 139pp, paperback covers little foxed and rubbed with small bump lower right corner, otherwise a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161733). 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
