Red China`s Green Revolution – Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune

by JoshuaEisenman (Author), Joshua Eisenman (Author)

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  2018

  $37.34

  China's dismantling of the Mao-era commune system under Deng Xiaoping has been seen as a successful turn away from a misguided social experiment. Joshua Eisenman marshals previously inaccessible data to overturn this narrative, showing that the commune modernized agriculture, increased productivity, and laid the foundation for future rapid growth.