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

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.

• | Author: Joshua Eisenman
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 24, 2018
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780231186667
• | ISBN-10: 0231186665