Taipei. Southern Materials Center, Inc., 1978. Reprint. Folding plan, black and white plates, xii + 474pp, appendices, index, cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Reprint of the classic work. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 26590). More about The Chinese Farm Economy. A Study of 2866 farms in seventeen counties and seven provinces
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 about Inside a People's Commune. Report from Chiliying
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 about The First Years of Yangyi Commune
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1953. Revised and edited. With Six Life-Histories of Chinese Gentry Families collected by Yung-Teh Chow and Introduction by Robert Fedfield. Black and white text illustrations, v + 289pp, index, pictorial upper cover, paper wrapped trifle chipped and marked. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 5560). More about China's Gentry. Essays in Rural-Urban Relations
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 about Earthbound China. A Study of Rural Economy in Yunnan
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 about Chinese Village, Socialist State
Los Angeles. University of California. 1963. x + 352pp, index, glossary, tables, hardback, two preliminary leaves stained where label has been removed, small annotation in ink front free endpaper, lower edge trifle marked but overall a very good clean hardback copy. Describes the organisation and adminsitration of certain villages in... More about North China Villages: Social, Political, and Economic Activities Before 1933
Stanford. Stanford U.P., 1968. Reprint. Maps, graphs, black and white photographic illustrations, 472pp, index, hardback, worn dustjacket covered inexpertly in contact paper, closed tear to dustjacket damp damage to lower corners of covers, edges browned, sound copy. The result of a social survey, carried out from 1926 to 1933 in... More about Ting Hsien: A North China Rural Community
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 about Grain In China
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 about Shanxi in Reform. Everyday Life in a North China Province
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 about Agents & Victims in South China: Accomplices in Rural Revolution
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 about The Land Revolution in China 1930-1934. A Study of Documents
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 about Socialism in the Chinese Countryside: Rural Societal Policies in the People's Republic of China,...
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 about Quelques pas au sud des nuages / A few steps south of the clouds. Photographies de l'auteur
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 about China: Land of Famine
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 about Broken Earth. The Rural Chinese
London. Chatto & Windus. 1971. Trans. Black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 201pp, notes, small 2 cm tear priceclipped dustjacket, a good copy. Deals with the cultural revolution at the village level. A sequel to "Report from a Chinese Village" based on research done early in 1970 when the... More about China: The Revolution Continued
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 about Village and Family in Contemporary China
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 about Commune. Life in Rural China
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 about Commune. Life in Rural China
New York. Dodd, Mead. 1977. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 192pp, notes, appendix, bibliography, some loss to dustjacket spine, otherwise a good copy Examines life in rural China during the 1970s. Chapters include: Families; Commerce and Finance: Striving for Self-Suficiency; Production Brigades (Villages); Production Teams (Neighbourhoods); Salaries and Incentives;... More about Commune. Life in Rural China
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 about Agricultural Resources of China
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 about A Preliminary Survey of the Book Ch'i Min Yao Shu. An Agricultural Encyclopaedia of the 6th Century
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 about Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China
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 about The Stubborn Earth. American Agriculturalists on Chinese Soil, 1898-1937
