Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change since the Great Leap Famine

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• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xiii
• Figures xvii
• Tables xix
• A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Names, and Measures xxi
• INTRODUCTION The Great Leap Famine, the Rise of Reform, and the Cognitive Basis of Institutional Change 1
• PART 1 Context 19
• 1: The Path to Disaster 21
• 2: The Political Economy of the Great Leap Famine 42
• PART II Catastrophe and Reform 69
• 3: The Great Leap Famine and Rural Liberalization 71
• 4: The Cultural Revolution Interlude 98
• 5: Structural Incentives for Rural Reform 121
• 6: The Political Struggle over Reform 144
• PART III State and Rural Society Under Reform 181

• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xiii
• Figures xvii
• Tables xix
• A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Names, and Measures xxi
• INTRODUCTION The Great Leap Famine, the Rise of Reform, and the Cognitive Basis of Institutional Change 1
• PART 1 Context 19
• 1: The Path to Disaster 21
• 2: The Political Economy of the Great Leap Famine 42
• PART II Catastrophe and Reform 69
• 3: The Great Leap Famine and Rural Liberalization 71
• 4: The Cultural Revolution Interlude 98
• 5: Structural Incentives for Rural Reform 121
• 6: The Political Struggle over Reform 144
• PART III State and Rural Society Under Reform 181
• 7: Reform Euphoria, Policy Myopia, and Rising Rural Discontent 183
• 8: Rural Industrialization, Political Empowerment, and State Policy 213
• Conclusions and Reflections 237
• Reference Matter 255
• APPENDIX Main Sources of Data for Analyses of the Great Leap Famine 257
• Abbreviations 259
• Notes 261
• Bibliography 311
• Index 345