China's Peasant Agriculture and Rural Society: Changing paradigms of farming

China's agriculture and rural society have undergone rapid changes in recent years. This book provides a 'bottom-up view' of China's agriculture, showing how the many millions of Chinese peasants make a living.

Author: Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/17/2016
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781138187177

About the Author

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg is Professor of Transition Studies at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor of Rural Sociology at the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing. He is the author of the influential book The New Peasantries (Earthscan, 2008).

Jingzhong Ye is Professor of Development Sociology and Dean of the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing.