Small-scale industries in rural areas in China are today an essential element of regional development programs. This monograph analyzes two main development str

'The Industrialization of Rural China' highlights the economic & social achievements of the Maoist regime. Using a constructed dataset covering China's 2000 plu

"A distinctive and important contribution."—Thomas P. Bernstein, author of Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages

The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the i

The urban-rural relationship in China is key to a sustainable global future. This book is particularly interested in peri-urbanization in China, the process by