Economic Development in Provincial China : The Central Shaanxi since 1930 (Paperback)

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.