Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1974. First edition. Map, colour portrait frontispiece Mao Tsetung, black and white photographic illustrations, 212pp, spine a little faded, 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..... 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..... More
Beijing: New World Press. 1983. Black and white photographic illustrations, 269pp, index, very good paperback copy. China Studies Series. Drawn from the author's field work in Kaixian'gong Village, Jiangsu Province, in 1936, 1957 and 1980. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170998. More
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
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1963. Black and white photographic plates, x + 352pp, notes, glossary, index, dustjacket slightly browned and faded, edges fairly foxed, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167143. 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
Bathurst. Crawford House. (circa 1999). 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..... 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
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 2001. Reprint. Endpaper maps, colour and black & white plates, xii + 84pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Boards little worn, with small indentation upper edge, otherwise a very good copy. "The true essence of China is rooted in its villages. South China Village Culture provides a...... More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 2001. Reprint. Endpaper maps, colour and black & white plates, xii + 84pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Inscribed by the author title page, a very good copy. Images of Asia series. "The true essence of China is rooted in its villages. South China Village Culture provides..... 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
Maddison, Wisconsin. F. H. King. 1911. First Edition, rebound. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 441pp, index, rebound copy of the first edition, pages a little discoloured, pen annotations lower endpaper, good hardback copy. F.H. King was former chief of the Division of Soil Management of the U.S...... 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
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
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