1st Edition

From Heaven to Earth Images and Experiences of Development in China

By Elizabeth Croll Copyright 1994
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Much has been written of China's peasant revolution, less has been written on the peasant experience of reform. In From Heaven to Earth Elisabeth Croll examines the images, policies and experiences of development and links the peasants' experience of revolution and reform with their conceptualisations of time and change and examines the new and recent desires which motivate peasant households in... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I Reform: household and village, Part II Readjustment: the village, Part III Readjustment: the household, Conclusion, Appendix 1: tables, Appendix 2: field methods, Notes, Index

Biography

Elizabeth Croll