The Chinese Peasant Economy: Agricultural Development in Hopei and Shantung, 1890-1949

Acknowledgments Contents Tables I. The Problem 1. Introduction 2. Theories of China’s Agrarian Problem II. The North China Village 3. Japanese Village Studies in North China 4. Shun-i County: Sha-ching Village 5. Luan-dïeng County; Ssu Pei CK ai Village 6. Li-ch’eng County: Ling Shui Kou Village 7. En County: Hou Hsia Chai Village 8. The North China Village: Summary III. The Peasant Economy of North China 9. Peasant Farm Organization: Labor 10. Peasant Farm Organization: Capital and Technology 11. Peasant Farm Organization: Land Utilization and Commercial Development 12. Changes in Peasant Living Standards 13. The Peasant Economy: Summary IV. Village and Market Town in North China 14. Landlord and Peasant 15. Moneylender, Merchant, and Peasant 16. Bureaucrat and Peasant 17. Random Disturbances to the Rural Economy, 1890-1949 18. Village and Market Town: Summary 19. Conclusion Appendix A: Statistical Tables Appendix B. North China Crop Statistics Notes Index