Economic Development in Provincial China
The Central Shaanxi since 1930
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- Author: Eduard B. Vermeer
- Date Published: July 2009
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521115438
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Dr Vermeer's study of the economic development on Central Shaanxi province from 1930 until 1988, when this was first published, illustrates the effects of famine, war and construction under Chinese communism. It focuses in particular on the organisational and technical potential of agriculture and industry to make use of the natural advantages of the region. Modernisation in Shaanxi was brought in from outside, with a dominant role for government institutions, and rapidly transformed the face of country and city. The book portrays the growing pains of a frontier economy, examining such crucial natural barriers to agricultural expansion as lack of irrigation water. It describes the technological advances, using clear maps to illustrate the development of transport, population distribution, soils, irrigation projects and cropping patterns. The extensive economy survey of counties in hill and plain areas, based on data from local government and the author's own observations, reveals great regional differences.
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- Date Published: July 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521115438
- length: 552 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 35 mm
- weight: 0.98kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Lists of tables, maps, graphs and plates
Introduction, some problems of regional economic development
1. The famine of 1928–1931
2. Communication and transport
3. The growth of Xi'an and industrial development
4. Physical aspects of a changing country
5. Water conservancy and irrigation
6. Cultivation practices, rising yields and agrotechnical change
7. Cooperatives, Land Reform and collectivization
8. Cotton and cotton textile production
9. An exploration into regional inequality
10. Concluding observations
Appendix A. Demographic data
Appendix B. Survey data of 7 counties
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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