Red China's Green Revolution : Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune

Red China's Green Revolution : Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune

Columbia University Press

China\u2019s dismantling of the Mao-era rural commune system and return to individual household farming under Deng Xiaoping has been seen as a successful turn away from a misguided social experiment and a rejection of the disastrous policies that produced widespread famine. In this revisionist study, Joshua Eisenman marshals previously inaccessible data to overturn this narrative, showing that the commune modernized agriculture, increased productivity, and spurred an agricultural green revolution that laid the foundation for China\u2019s future rapid growth.\nRed China\u2019s Green Revolution tells the story of the commune\u2019s origins, evolution, and downfall, demonstrating its role in China\u2019s economic ascendance. After 1970, the commune emerged as a hybrid institution, including both collective and\n\nRed China\u2032s Green Revolution \u2013 Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune\nTechnological Innovation, Institutional Cha;

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