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The Rural Economy of Guangdong, 1870-1937

A Study of the Agrarian Crisis and its Origins in Southernmost China

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Alfred H Y Lin

    1. Department of History, University of Hong Kong, Honk Kong

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Part of the book series: Studies on the Chinese Economy (STCE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Man-Land Ratio and its Effects on Agriculture

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 19-38

  4. Paddy Production and the Problem of Rice Shortage

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 39-56

  5. Trade and the Transformation of the Rural Economy

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 57-88

  6. Land Tax, Surtaxes, Miscellaneous Fees and Extra-Legal Charges

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 89-114

  7. Landlord-Tenant Relations

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 115-137

  8. Sources of Credit and Overseas Remittances

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 138-161

  9. Conclusion

    • Alfred H Y Lin
    Pages 162-169

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 170-226
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This study traces the origins of the agrarian crisis in southernmost China in the 1920s and 1930s. It shows the deep-rooted and multifaceted nature of the agrarian crisis, and highlights the importance of technological and institutional remedies to China's rural problems. The author also calls for greater appreciation of the worth of alternative perspectives, as this is vital to the understanding of a complex historical reality rife with contradictions.

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'His careful data compilations and computations and closely reasoned analysis yield a number of significant insights and statistical results that challenge some of the most accepted conventional wisdom in Chinese economic history...Lin's monograph remains the most comprehensive view of the Guangdon rural economy at the macro-level, and can be studies with profit by anyone interested in agrarian history and developmental issues.' - Robert Y. Eng, The Journal of Peasant Studies

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  • Department of History, University of Hong Kong, Honk Kong

    Alfred H Y Lin

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ALFRED H. Y. LIN

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