203 Pages
by
Routledge
203 Pages
by
Routledge
203 Pages
by
Routledge
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The rural market in China is not only the venue where 60 per cent of the country's 1.3 billion inhabitants buy their daily necessities and sell agricultural products, but also a key area of conflict between government control and liberalization policies. Previous research on the topic has adopted a purely economic perspective, focusing on macro issues such as price control and grain procurement.... Read more
Contents: Marketplace, geography and space; China's rural market district: the central place theory and Skinner; China's rural market development since 1979: has the traditional market system been revived?; Local market pattern and hierarchy: case studies of Deqing and Dongguan; Beyond the preoccupation of transport: economic factors and their impact on China's rural market development; Invisible hand versus invisible wall: administrative parameters and rural market development; Deqing, Dongguan and spatial variations; Skinner, rural market development and economic reform: a conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.
Biography
Him Chung
