Paradoxes of Post-Mao Rural Reform : Initial Steps toward a New Chinese Countryside, 1976-1981 (Paperback)

Introduction 1. From the Dazhai Model to Hua Guofeng’s Pro-Peasant Policies, October 1976?Summer 1978 2. The Pre-Third Plenum Work Conference: Pro-Peasant Policies, Conflict, and the Ban on Household Contracting, November?December 1978 3. Household Responsibility Emerges as a Contentious Issue, 1978?1979 4. New Leadership And Uncertain Policy: Conflict in the National Context, 1980 5. The Gate to Decollectivization Decisively Opened Despite Uncertainty, 1981 6. Conclusion