Survey on Chinese Farmers' Rebellions during the People's Commune Period

Author: Gao Wangling
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Publish Date: 2006-05-26
Features: If you don't understand the farmers and their behavior, you can't say you truly understand the People's Commune. Do you know those stories from the People's Commune era about hiding produce and private distribution, or "stealing" grain? How many hidden aspects were there in the farmers' lives during the People's Commune period, and what were they really about? This book is a collection of investigative essays about the hidden aspects of rural life during the People's Commune era. Through field investigations, the author found that farmers' behavior had a long-term and profound impact on the fate of the People's Commune, the formation of the later "household responsibility system," and even the rural economy and life that followed.