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Record Nr.

UNINA9910418348003321

Autore

Chêng Chu-yüan

Titolo

The Economy of Communist China, 1949–1969 / Chu-yuan Cheng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies, , 1971

©1971

ISBN

0-89264-009-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies ; ; no. 9

Disciplina

330.9/51/05

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China Economic conditions 1949-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- I. The Changes in Development Strategy -- The Unbalanced Growth Strategy, 1949-57 -- The Great Leap Forward, 1958-60 -- The Adjustments, 1961-65 -- The Modified Great Leap Scheme, 1966- -- II. The Quantitative Trends of Output -- The Over-all Growth Rate -- Growth of Industrial Output -- Agricultural Production -- III. The Changes in Economic Structure -- IV. Factors Contributing to Economic Growth -- V. Non-Economic Elements Affecting Growth -- VI. Recent Developments and Prospects -- VII. Concluding Remarks -- A Bibliography of Selected Materials on Chinese Economic Development.

Sommario/riassunto

Economic development in mainland China during the first two decades of Communist control provides a typical example for the difficult task to transform a vast underdeveloped agrarian economy into a modern industrial one.