1st Edition

The Chinese Economy Under Maoism The Early Years, 1949-1969

By Walter Galenson Copyright 1969
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Over sixty years have elapsed since the Communists gained control of the Chinese mainland. The years between 1949 and 1969 were a time of constant change and periodic cataclysm - the initial purges, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution - all bound up with the Communist conception of how to move the country into modernity in the shortest possible time. The Chinese Economy under... Read more
One: The Economic Heritage; Two: Alternative Paths to Economic Development; Three: Development of the Industrial Sector; Four: Agriculture; Five: Population and Employment; Six: The Control and Allocation of Resources; Seven: Conditions of Life and Labor; Eight: Foreign Economic Relations; Nine: Prospects for the Chinese Economy

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