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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977

chapter I Introduction -- chapter II Six Centuries of Rising Grain Production -- chapter III Improved Seeds, Changing Crop Patterns, and New Crops -- chapter IV Farm Implements, Water Control, and Fertilizer -- chapter Mathematical Supplement to Chapters III and IV -- chapter V The Distribution of Land and the Effects of Tenancy -- chapter VI Rural Marketing and Its Impact on Farm Output -- chapter VII Urbanization, Famine, and the Market for Grain -- chapter VIII Centralized Government and the Traditional Economy -- chapter IX Conclusion -- chapter APPENDIXES.

"Agricultural Development in China explains how China's farm economy historically responded to the demands of a rising population. Dwight H. Perkins begins in the year A.D. 1368, the founding date of the Ming dynasty. More importantly, it marked the end of nearly two centuries of violent destruction and loss of life primarily connected with the rise and fall of the Mongols. The period beginning with the fourteenth century was also one in which there were no obvious or dramatic changes in farming techniques or in rural institutions. The rise in population and hence in the number of farmers made possible the rise in farm output through increased double cropping, extending irrigation systems, and much else. Issues explored in this book include the role of urbanization and long distance trade in allowing farmers in a few regions to specialize in crops most suitable to their particular region. Backing up this analysis of agricultural development is a careful examination of the quality of Chinese historical data. This classic volume, now available in a paperback edition, includes a new introduction assessing the continuing importance of this work to understanding the Chinese economy. It will be invaluable for a new generation of economists, historians, and Asian studies specialists and is part of Transaction's Asian Studies series."--Provided by publisher.

The historical foundation : history, politics and 30 years of development and reform -- Government as an obstacle to industrialization : the case of nineteenth century China -- Central planning and collective agriculture 1955-1978 : centralization and decentralization in mainland China's agriculture, 1949-1962 -- Industrial planning and management -- China's economic policy and performance -- China's economic reforms, 1978-2013 : reforming China's economic system -- China's gradual approach to market reforms -- The challenge of China's growth -- The future : forecasting China's economic growth to 2025 -- China's investment and GDP growth boom : when and how will it end?

Main description: East Asia has three of the most powerful economies on earth, but they are losing steam. Dwight Perkins draws on extensive experience in the region to explain the reasons for this rapid economic growth since the 1960s and to ask if the recent slowdown is a local phenomenon or typical of all economies at this stage of development.

"Taking both a historical and a comparative view, Perkins explores the nature of economic growth in East Asia. He focuses on ten sites in East and Southeast Asia that achieved a substantial degree of economic success: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Secondarily, he discusses the failures in growth of other countries in the region, notably the Philippines. He analyzes why several of the economies of East and Southeast Asia have achieved rates of growth seldom witnessed elsewhere in the world (with a few exceptions); why some of the economies in the region have done better than the others; and why the richest economies eventually have all slowed down. He examines income distribution and the places where income inequality resulted. In looking into the sources for the high rate of growth, he analyzes how these economies and societies transformed the living standards of most their citizens"--Provided by publisher