Joshua Eisenman: 2 books
Red China's Green Revolution
Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
China’s 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,...
China and Africa
A Century of Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The People's Republic of China once limited its involvement in African affairs to building an occasional railroad or port, supporting African liberation movements, and loudly proclaiming socialist solidarity with the downtrodden of the continent. Now Chinese diplomats and Chinese companies, both state-owned...